Moscow-Yerevan bus crash: 5 killed, 27 injured

A passenger bus en route from Moscow to Yerevan crashed at about 05:30 Yerevan time today in North Ossetia, 6 km away from the city of Beslan, the Armenian Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies reports.

According to preliminary data, five people have been killed, 27 injured in the accident.

Rescuers, police and ambulance are at the site of the accident. A group has been set up at the Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies to study the causes and details of the crash.

A hot line has been launched at the Ministry. Those affected by the accident can call 59-01-02, 59-01- 04 and 59-01-05.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS