Three bus passengers died and six others were undergoing urgent treatment in hospital after their bus careered off a bridge and into the Moika river in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Friday, the local department of the emergencies ministry said.
Rescuers work at the site where a passenger bus fell off a bridge into a river in Saint Petersburg, Russia May 10, 2024. REUTERS/Anton VaganovST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 10 -
Four of the six were unconscious and the other two were in a serious condition, the ministry said, adding that a total of nine people had been rescued and all of the passengers were accounted for. At the scene the bus was almost completely submerged near the bridge in the city's historic centre, with emergency workers standing on the roof, rescue boats nearby and ambulances waiting on the bridge.
A video published by the authorities showed the bus swerving wildly before crashing through the bridge railings and sinking into the water.South Africa's African National Congress , fighting to extend its 30-year grip on power in elections this month, would like to cast the government programmes that support Dalene Raiters and her family as a success story.
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