Russia: Girl killed, eight injured in school bus crash
A bus carrying children on a sightseeing tour crashed in western Russia, killing one schoolgirl and injuring eight others, officials said.
The bus was travelling along a Moscow-St Petersburg highway when it hit an obstacle and overturned near the city of Torzhok, about 225 kilometres (140 miles) northwest of the Russian capital, said Viktor Beltsov, a spokesman for Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry.
