According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kemerovo region, the driver of the ZAZ Chence car, moving from the city of Kemerovo, violated the rules of overtaking, lost control and crashed into an oncoming NefAZ bus.

"The driver and four passengers of the car died on the spot," the statement said.

It is specified that there were 12 passengers on the bus.

None of them sought medical attention.

The police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.

Earlier it became known that in the village of Khushenga, Khiloksky district of Transbaikalia, a car was hit by a train at a railway crossing.

A family with two children died.