Six dead as car plunges off bridge in north Russia

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16:0107/11/2009

ST. PETERSBURG, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Six people died on Saturday when their vehicle crashed off a bridge in north Russia, an emergency services spokesman said.

The spokesman said that the vehicle is thought to have skidded on black ice before "turning over twice and falling into the waters below."

There were three men and three women in the vehicle.

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