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At Least 19 Dead in Train-Bus Collision in Russia

Moscow(October 6, 20170: At least 19 people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a train near the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, regional authorities said today.

A statement from the regional interior ministry said all of the victims were on board the bus. The accident occurred during the night near the city of Vladimir, some 110 kilometres (70 miles) east of the Russian capital.

The regional interior ministry said the bus broke down on the level crossing. The train, travelling from the western city of Saint Petersburg to Nijni-Novgorod, east of Moscow, slammed into the bus.

The foreign ministry of neighbouring Kazakhstan said that the two bus drivers, one of whom was killed, were Kazakh nationals.

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