The incident occurred at about 5:30 pm on the highway Yoshkar-Ola - Kozmodemyansk. A shuttle bus and a timber carrier collided. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic.

"Eight died, four suffered. Only pull [the body]. On-site work ", - quotes" 360 "words of the official representative of the department. At this time, the source of RIA FAN clarified that as a result of the tragedy, 9 people died. According to the telegram-channel Mash 12 people were killed. Among them there are children. Life SHOT explains that the three injured were seized in a bus. Rescuers themselves have not coped. Waiting for reinforcements. They plan to cut a twisted bus and get the wounded. The police, doctors and rescuers work on the spot.

The portal "Mariyskaya Pravda" reported that the cause of the accident could be poor visibility on the road due to deterioration in weather conditions. In the region for the second day it's snowing. According to the information of this publication, nine people were killed, five were hospitalized in serious condition. According to unofficial data, the collision affected 22 people. Viktor Kosarev, Minister of Internal Affairs for the region, already went to the scene of the tragedy and. the head of the Mari El traffic police Igor Vorontsov.

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