Moscow-Yerevan bus fatally crashes in Russia's Tula region (updated)

Seven passengers of a Moscow-Yerevan bus died and another 35 were injured in the wake of a major crash in Russia’s Tula region.

Armenia’s Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergencies was reported on the accident at 3:10 am local time. The bus, which carried 63 passengers, crashed near the town of Uzlovsky.

RIA Novosti reports that most of the passengers were citizens of Armenia. Nine of the 35 hospitalized individuals are reported to be in a critical condition. The driver of the Chinese Higer bus is said to be in shock.

The task force investigating the incident is considering two options: either the driver was asleep or a technical malfunction caused the accident.

The passengers who did not suffer bodily damage have been given a temporary shelter at the nearest cinema.

The Russian Emergency Ministry’s regional department in Tula has launched a hotline telephone number -  8(4872)21-16-09.

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The Ministry has published the names of the hospitalized survivors.
 

As of 10:00am Yerevan time, seven passengers were reported dead; 33 survivors are known to have been hospitalized in different medical centers, particularly:

Uzlovaya medical center

1.      Gevorg A Mishpiryan (born: 1980)

2.      Seryozha Sargsyan (1960)

3.      Anushavan R Yeremyan (1960)

4.      Spartak Ts Nalbandyan (1947)

5.      Hakob S Nahapetyan

6.      Levon M Unosyan

7.      Anushavan R Yeranosyan

8.      Sargis Sh Mkrtchyan

9.      Zhora O Ohanyan

10.  Artur A Oronisyan

11.  Tigran G Hakobyan

12.  Sako P Grigoryan

13.  Karen A Safaryan (1985; in critical condition)

14.  Not yet identified

15.  Not yet identified

Kireevsky Medical Center

1.      Razmik R Tovmasyan (1981)

2.      Radik A Antonyan (1972)

3.      Karen A Pafaryan (1985)

4.      Marine K Yeremishyan (1961)

5.      Apres R Asryan (1966)

6.      Sargis Aghajanyan (1950)

7.      Gayane V Sargsyan

8.      Hunan T Minasyan (1989)

9.      Arman Khurchuryan (1976)

10.   Armen Yeremyan (1987)

11.  Simon H Gharaghanyan (1975)

12.  Vova S Danielyan (1976)

Novomoskovsk  medical center

1.    Gayane G Harutyunyan (1975)

2.    Ararat A Galstyan (1992)

3.    Selan S Tadevosyan

4.    Garik A Kosoboghyan

5.    Knarik Chaporyan

6.    Zhora A Rumakyan (1978)

 

The identification of the deceased is under way.