According to TASS, citing the press secretary of the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleg Osipov, the prime minister expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in road accidents.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Trans-Baikal Territory, according to the latest data, 19 of 44 passengers died as a result of a bus falling from a bridge into a river in the Sretensky district.
According to the Ministry of Health, 19 people were hospitalized in medical facilities. The condition of 18 victims is assessed as moderate, one patient - as serious.
Earlier, the traffic police called the cause of an accident with a bus in Transbaikalia.