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5 killed as Serbian train and bus collide
BELGRADE, Dec 21, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Five people have been killed and more
than two dozen injured after a train ploughed through a bus in southern
Serbia, police said on Friday.
The bus, which was carrying passengers including school pupils, was cut in
half after being hit on a railroad crossing outside the southern city of Nis
at around 730am (0630 GMT).
“Five people were killed and 27 were injured,” a police spokeswoman told
AFP.
Three people, including one minor, died instantly while two others passed
away in a hospital in Nis, state broadcaster RTS reported.
Ten of the injured are in a “critical” condition, RTS reported.
The bus was carrying passengers from surrounding villages to Nis, local
media reported.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1815 hrs