World | bus accident 19 Dead in Icy Bus Plunge Bus lands upside down in Siberia By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Dec 1, 2019 3:30 PM CST Copied This photo provided by dtp38rus shows the bus after plunging from a bridge over the Kuenga River, about 4900 kilometers east of Moscow, 38 miles from Sretensk, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. (dtp38rus via AP) Russian emergency officials say 19 people were killed when their bus plunged off a bridge onto a frozen river in eastern Siberia, the AP reports. Another 22 people were injured in the Sunday accident, Russian news agencies cited the Emergencies Ministry as saying. Initial investigation indicates that a front wheel on the bus failed as it was crossing a bridge over the Kuenga River about 3,100 miles east of Moscow. The coach-style bus landed upside down on the ice, collapsing the passenger compartment. Read These Next Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Musk says his new party is in business. See the best BBQ cities in the US. A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. Report an error