There were several casualties after a driver lost control of a bus and drove it into a river in central St. Petersburg.
As many as seven people have reportedly died in Russia's St. Petersburg after a passenger bus crashed through the guardrails on a bridge and drove into a river.CCTV footage of the accident circulating on Russian Telegram channels on Friday showed the vehicle break out of its lane, before looping round and crashing into the canal.The ContextThe passenger bus, which was believed to be carrying about 20 people, fell into the Moika River on St.
What We KnowThree people drowned on the spot, according to Mash, a Russian news channel with links to the country's security apparatus, adding that four more victims were pronounced clinically dead.Two others are in serious condition, Russia's state-run news agency Tass reported.The St. Petersburg Transport Committee said on its VKontakte page that the driver 'lost control' of the bus prior to the incident.'The bus spun, he broke through the fence and fell into the water.
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