The incident occurred 20 km from the village of Ust-Tym, Kargasoksky district, Tomsk region.

According to RIA Novosti, employees of an organization whose main activity is the construction of roads and highways were traveling in the bus.

“Seven of the nine passengers on the bus were injured.

They were provided with medical assistance, after which they were allowed to go home,” the message says.

At the end of December last year, a passenger bus caught fire in New Moscow.