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At least three killed, some 30 injured in passenger bus crash in DPR

Outpatient medical care was provided to 26 injured people, including three children

DONETSK, January 12. /TASS/. At least three people were killed and up to 30 more injured in a passenger bus crash in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the regional Health Ministry’s press office said in a statement to TASS on Sunday.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry reported earlier that a passenger bus en-route from Russia’s southern city of Krasnodar to Donetsk was carrying 37 passengers and it crashed turning over early on Sunday killing three people and injuring dozens more.

"Three people, all adults, were rushed to hospitals," the statement from the DPR Health Ministry reads. "Outpatient medical care was provided to 26 injured people, including three children."

The regional Interior Ministry said in its report later that the passenger bus driver’s fault could be behind the cause of the incident.

"According to unconfirmed information, the 59-year-old bus driver did not take into account road and weather conditions, ignored the safety speed limit, and eventually lost the steering control of his vehicle driving it through the oncoming traffic lane, crashing into the barriers and eventually overturning the vehicle," the report says.