According to the agency, on 108 km of the M-10 "Russia" highway, the driver of Mercedes Sprinter hit a truck that stopped to turn left.

“As a result of the accident, the driver and five passengers of the bus received bodily injuries and were hospitalized,” the traffic police said.

The minibus was traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow, it contained eight passengers, including five citizens of Mongolia and three Belarusians.

Police officers work at the scene of the accident.

Earlier, Realnoe Vremya reported that in Bashkiria two children were killed in an accident.