FIVE PERSONS REPORTED DEAD, 27 INJURED AFTER BUS CARRYING STUDENTS COLLIDED WITH TRAIN
Not less than five people have been reportedly killed and more than 25 others injured after a train ploughed through a bus in southern Serbia, police said on Friday.
The bus, which was carrying passengers including school pupils, was cut in half after being hit on a railroad crossing outside the southern city of Nis at around 730am (0630 GMT).
“Five people were killed and 27 were injured,” a police spokeswoman told AFP.
Three people, including one minor, died instantly while two others passed away in a hospital in Nis, state broadcaster RTS reported.
Ten of the injured are in a “critical” condition, RTS reported.
The bus was carrying passengers from surrounding villages to Nis, local media reported.
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