MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – A passenger ship has collided with a barge in Siberia, killing at least four people, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said Saturday.
The accident occurred on the River Irtysh in the Omsk Region in southwestern Siberia on Saturday morning.
“According to preliminary information, 39 people were injured in the collision between the passenger ship and the barge, of whom four died,” the regional branch of the Emergencies Ministry said in a statement Saturday. The ministry earlier said that in addition to the four fatalities, 10 people were in a serious condition and 14 had sustained minor injuries.
The ship, which had 52 passengers and four crew members on board, was evacuated after it was holed by the collision, the ministry said.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said a team of investigators from its west Siberian transport branch were at the scene of the disaster trying to ascertain the circumstances.
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