YEKATERINBURG, February 1 (Itar-Tass) — Two persons died in the Chelyabinsk region when a mini-bus and a freight car collided, the press service of the regional department of the Emergency Situations Ministry told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
The mini-bus caught fire after the collision. Emergency Situations Ministry personnel rescued nine people. Of those, four were sent to the Chebarkul district hospital in serious condition. Fire-fighting garrison personnel and an operations group of the Emergency Situations Ministry were at the scene. The department of the Emergency Situations Ministry opened a hotline.