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ST. PETERSBURG, April 17 (Xinhua) -- One person died and 37 others were injured in a road accident in northern Russia's Komi Republic, according to a local media report Monday.
BNK News Agency reports that the accident occurred at 10:46 a.m. local time on Monday when the "Ural" truck and the "PAZ" bus collided on the local route Usogorsk-Koslan.
The bus driver died on the spot and 18 injured people were receiving hospital treatment, the news agency reported.
According to the preliminary investigation, the truck driver drove to a contraflow lane, causing the accident.
