13 killed in Russian road crash

A crowded minibus and a car collided on a highway in central Russia today, sparking a powerful fire and killing 13 people travelling in the vehicles.

The Gazel minibus – a model that has been involved in several fatal crashes in recent years – collided with a Volkswagen on a road linking the Volga River cities of Ulyanovsk and Kazan, national traffic police official Andrei Silkov said.