The number of people injured in a bus accident in Karelia has risen to 14

The number of victims in a road accident with a tourist bus in Karelia has increased to 14, the republic's Ministry of Health reported on January 5.

"As a result of the accident near the village of Lyaskelya, medics are providing assistance to 14 victims after the accident," reads the message published in the Telegram-channel of the Ministry.

All of them were hospitalized in the central hospitals of Pitkäranta and Sortavala, two are in a serious condition, two more - in a condition of medium severity. Additional medical aid has been sent to Pitkyaranta, a heating station has been deployed.

The Sortavala inter-district investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia initiated a criminal case under Part 1 Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements").

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Earlier in the day near the village of Lyaskelya on the 301st km of the highway A-121 "Sortavala" in Karelia overturned tourist bus, it had two drivers and 42 passengers, four of them - children. The police said that the driver failed to control the vehicle on a bend, after which the vehicle went into a ditch and overturned.