The number of injured in a bus accident in the Arkhangelsk region has increased to five

The number of injured as a result of a bus overturning in the Pinezhsky district of the Arkhangelsk region has increased to five. The regional State Transport Inspectorate informed about this on May 29.

"Previously, as a result of the incident, [five] bus passengers received injuries of varying severity," the agency's page on the VKontakte social network says.

It is specified that the accident occurred on the 41st km of the Karpogory –Sosnovka –Nyukhcha highway. The bus driver, while trying to avoid a collision with a truck that was moving ahead, drove into a ditch, as a result of which the vehicle overturned.

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The relationship with the victim was recognized as a mitigating circumstance.

The accident was reported earlier in the day. Emergency services arrived at the scene.