“According to preliminary data, 12 citizens were killed in the minibus, three were seriously injured. Rescuers have already evacuated them to a safe area, from where they will be urgently taken to the hospital. The search and rescue of other people in transport continues, ”the message says.
At the moment, identification of passengers and other operational-search measures are being carried out, the Ministry of Internal Affairs added.
“Rescue operations, despite the difficult relief and meteorological conditions, are being carried out continuously,” the ministry said.
In July, 21 people died and 15 were injured when a bus crashed into a reservoir in Guizhou province in southwestern China.