VOLGOGRAD, Russia, June 1 (UPI) -- Six people were killed and two were injured in a bus crash in southern Russia early Saturday, officials said.
The bus collided with a passenger car Russia's Volgograd region, RIA Novosti reported.
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"The driver of a [car] lost control of the vehicle and swerved into the oncoming lane colliding with a Setra passenger bus," a spokesman for the local Interior Ministry said.
The collision killed six people inside the vehicle, including an 11-year-old child, the spokesman said. Two people on the bus were taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries.