Eight killed as truck, bus crash in S.Russia

Eight people were killed when a car and minibus collided in the southern Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on Thursday, a spokesman for the regional emergencies service said.

ROSTOV-ON-DON, November 5 (RIA Novosti) - Eight people were killed when a car and minibus collided in the southern Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on Thursday, a spokesman for the regional emergencies service said.

A Man truck collided with a Sobol minibus at 7:24 am Moscow time [4:24 GMT] on the Kavkaz federal highway. Eight people, including six women died, and four were seriously injured.

"All four of the injured were taken to a nearby hospital, according to preliminary information they all are in serious condition," the source said.

The accident is being investigated.