ASTANA, April 16 (RIA Novosti) - Five people have been killed and 15 injured in a collision between a car and a bus in southern Kazakhstan, the country's emergencies ministry said on Wednesday.

A BMW car crashed into a coach with 52 people on board in the Zhambyl Province, the ministry's press service said.

The car's driver and passenger, and three passengers in the coach died at the scene. The coach driver and 14 passengers were rushed to hospital with various injuries.