Nine killed in Ukrainian traffic accident
Jan 19, 2012, 19:49 GMT
Another nine people were injured. The bus had been carrying people home from a pilgrimage when it crashed close to the city of Rivne, 300 kilometres west of the capital Kyiv.
The 18 people on board the bus had been at a celebration of Jesus’ baptism on Orthodox Christians’ Twelfth Day.
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Kyiv – Nine people including a child were killed in western Ukraine Thursday when their bus skidded on ice and crashed head-first into a lorry, the Civil Defence Ministry said.
Another nine people were injured. The bus had been carrying people home from a pilgrimage when it crashed close to the city of Rivne, 300 kilometres west of the capital Kyiv.
The 18 people on board the bus had been at a celebration of Jesus’ baptism on Orthodox Christians’ Twelfth Day.
