Two dead, 17 injured in road accident in Primorsky Krai

Two people were killed and 17 more were injured in an accident in Primorsky Krai involving a tourist bus that was moving from China to Ussuriysk, Report informs via Russian media.

At the time of the accident, there were 51 passengers on board the bus in addition to the driver. All of them are citizens of Russia. The driver lost control and the bus slid into a ditch. The driver was a Chinese national.

"There are two dead on the spot, 13 people with injuries in moderate condition, four passengers with combined injuries in serious condition. <...> A helicopter from the Territorial Center for Disaster Medicine is on the way to the site," the regional prosecutor’s office said in a statement.