"According to the preliminary data, as a result of the road incident involving a truck and a bus 10 people died," the spokesman said, adding than 12 more people were wounded.

The local Emergency Ministry reported the same day that the bus en route Samara-Izhevsk and the "Kamaz" truck collided and set on fire.

The investigators have arrived to the scene to establish the circumstances of the incident.</s>A deadly road traffic incident with a bus and a truck occurred early on Sunday in Russia's Tatarstan, claiming the lives of at least 10 people and injuring 12, Sputnik reported citing a spokesman of the local Interior Ministry.

"According to the preliminary data, as a result of the road incident involving a truck and a bus 10 people died," the spokesman said, adding than 12 more people were wounded.

The local Emergency Ministry reported the same day that the bus en route Samara-Izhevsk and the "Kamaz" truck collided and set on fire.

The investigators have arrived to the scene to establish the circumstances of the incident.</s>Russian officials say at least 14 people have been killed after a bus caught fire following a nighttime collision with a truck that was being towed and six other people have been killed in separate road accidents.

The bus crash took place early Sunday in Russia's central Tatarstan Republic. Footage from the scene showed the burnt-out shell of the bus. Russian investigators said a criminal case has been opened.

In other deadly road accidents, four people died early Sunday after a car hit a tree near the city of Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow, and two teenagers were killed late Saturday when a truck plowed into a bus stop in the western Russian city of Bryansk.

Russia has a poor road safety record with over 20,000 official traffic fatalities last year.</s>At least 14 people, including four children, were killed and 15 injured when a bus collided with a truck towing another vehicle, with all three overturning and catching fire in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.

The incident occurred near the city of Zainsk, some 300km east of the republic’s capital, Kazan, on Saturday night. A passenger bus collided with a moving a KAMAZ vehicle which was towing a MAN truck.

The bus was traveling from the city of Samara to Izhevsk with 28 passengers on board, Tatarstan’s Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said in a statement, confirming that 14 people were killed. At least five of those injured are in a serious condition, he added.

At least four children are among those killed in the tragedy, Elvira Gazizova from a local branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee, told RIA Novosti. The youngest was nearly a year old (born in 2016), she added.

After the collision the bus overturned and caught fire. The blaze spread in the bus in a few seconds, RIA Novosti cited local police.

“I heard people shouting: ‘Get out’... I got through [the bus] and [finally] I was pulled out. I saw the bus getting more on fire and we ran. Suddenly an explosion rocked [the area],” a passenger from the bus, Aleksandra Samoleonne, told Channel One Russia.

Another passenger, Maria Novoselova, said she was sleeping when the accident took place.

“I wanted to escape via the right side of the bus, but it was in flames,” she said, adding that she eventually escaped via an emergency exit.

The Investigative Committee is looking into three possible causes of the accident: the bus driver may have been blinded by headlights, have fallen asleep at the wheel or failed to control the bus as he attempted to overtake the truck, Russia’s RIA Novosti reported.

The driver of the MAN truck is being questioned, local police said. The two other drivers, of the bus and KAMAZ vehicle, are currently in hospital and will be questioned later, they added.</s>Russian officials say at least 14 people have been killed after a bus caught fire following a nighttime collision with a truck that was being towed and six other people have been killed in separate road accidents. The bus crash took place early today in Russia's central Tatarstan Republic.

Start the conversation, or Read more at India.com.</s>20 dead in road accidents in Russia; 14 as bus catches fire</s>MOSCOW (AP) - Russian officials say at least 14 people have been killed after a bus caught fire following a nighttime collision with a truck that was being towed and six other people have been killed in separate road accidents.

The bus crash took place early Sunday in Russia's central Tatarstan Republic. Footage from the scene showed the burnt-out shell of the bus. Russian investigators said a criminal case has been opened.

In other deadly road accidents, four people died early Sunday after a car hit a tree near the city of Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow, and two teenagers were killed late Saturday when a truck plowed into a bus stop in the western Russian city of Bryansk.

This photo of the wreckage of burned passenger bus was provided by Russia Emergency Situations Ministry press service on Sunday, July 2, 2017. More then a dozen people have been killed in Russia after a bus caught fire following a nighttime collision with a truck that was being towed in the Tatarstan Republic and six other people have been killed in separate road accidents. (Ministry of Emergency Situations press service photo via AP)

Russia has a poor road safety record with over 20,000 official traffic fatalities last year.

This photo of the wreckage of burned passenger bus was provided by Russia Emergency Situations Ministry press service on Sunday, July 2, 2017. More then a dozen people have been killed in Russia after a bus caught fire following a nighttime collision with a truck that was being towed in the Tatarstan Republic and six other people have been killed in separate road accidents. (Ministry of Emergency Situations press service photo via AP)</s>This photo of the wreckage of burned passenger bus was provided by Russia Emergency Situations Ministry press service on Sunday, July 2, 2017. More then a dozen people have been killed in Russia after a bus caught fire following a nighttime collision with a truck that was being towed in the Tatarstan Republic and six other people have been killed in separate road accidents.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Daily Times.</s>Russian state-run TASS news agency says at least 10 people have been killed in a collision between a truck and a bus near the city of Zainsk in the Tatarstan region. TASS cited a spokesperson for the local police department as saying the accident occurred on July 2 sometime between 12:40 a.m. and 4 a.m. The report said a bus was traveling from the Volga-area city of Samara to Izhevsk when it overturned after colliding with a truck.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Weekday Magazine.</s>Russian state-run TASS news agency says at least 10 people have been killed in a collision between a truck and a bus near the city of Zainsk in the Tatarstan region.

TASS cited a spokesperson for the local police department as saying the accident occurred on July 2 sometime between 12:40 a.m. and 4 a.m.

The report said a bus was traveling from the Volga-area city of Samara to Izhevsk when it overturned after colliding with a truck. Both vehicles caught fire, the report said.

Photos on the Vesti Kamaza website showed scenes of a burned-out bus on its side and an overturned Kamaz truck.

Further details were not immediately available.

Based on reporting by TASS and vestikamaza.ru
At least 14 people are killed in Russia's Tatarstan Republic as a bus catches fire after colliding with a truck.