“Five victims were taken to hospital, the rest refused hospitalization,” the statement said.
Emergency services are at the scene of the accident and doctors are examining the victims. “According to preliminary information, there are no serious casualties,” the Saratov region government wrote on its Telegram channel.
Governor Roman Busargin ordered authorities to put the provision of medical care to passengers under special control.
The city’s traffic police noticed that an Isuzu bus collided with a parked Scania truck; the truck driver was not in the vehicle at the time.
