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All Russian tourists injured in Thai bus accident are in hospitals

MOSCOW, November 15, 11:03 /ITAR-TASS/. All Russian tourists injured in a bus crash in Thailand earlier on Friday were brought to local hospitals and are receiving all necessary medical treatment, spokesperson for the Rosturizm Federal Tourism Agency Irina Shchegolkova told Tass on Friday.

“Tourists were brought to three hospitals. Now the consulate makes up the lists of the injured with information about their condition, she said, adding that information about the Russian nationals involved in the road accident would be ready shortly.

“All tourists are receiving treatment in hospital and there are no problems with it,” she added. Earlier, the head of the consular department at the Russian Embassy to Thailand, Andrei Dvornikov, told Tass that a road accident involving a tourist bus in which there were supposedly 23 Russians had taken place in Thailand earlier on Friday.

“Information is not exact so far. The Thai side reports about 23 injured. Four or five of them got major injuries. There were 50 or 51 people in the bus. The Thai police identified them as Russian nationals. We check the reports,” the diplomat said.