On the 20th km of the Yaroslavl-Zayachiy hill-Ivanovo highway, the driver, driving a MAN truck, drove into the oncoming lane and collided with the PAZ bus moving in the opposite direction, ”the TASS traffic police quotes.

According to the traffic police, seven people died and 21 were injured.

At the same time, the press service of the region’s health department reported that the death toll had risen to nine.

“According to our data, nine dead, figures are being specified,” the department said.

Earlier, the source claimed the death of seven people in an accident with a bus and a truck in the Yaroslavl region.