ollision between a truck, two cars russia
© SputnikSite of the deadly collision between a truck, two cars and a bus with 29 children and 3 adults on the highway between the cities of Khanty-Mansiysk and Tumen in Russia, December 4, 2016
Nine children aged between 12 and 14 and two adults were killed in a crash in Russia after a bus was rammed by a truck. The children in the bus belonged to an acrobatics team returning from a competition in another city, local authorities said.

The collision in the Urals region involved a bus carrying 29 children and three accompanying adults from the city of Khanty-Mansiysk to Tumen, the local police said.

"There are 10 ambulances responding to the incident. At the current moment, everyone injured has been taken to the hospital or is in transit," Vadim Simonenko, spokesman for local emergencies services, told RT.

It was not immediately clear whether the truck driver was among those killed in the collision. Footage of the scene uploaded on YouTube reportedly shows both vehicles badly damaged.

"The bus drifted, after which a truck rammed into it," the police said, as cited by TASS.

The bus driver survived the crash and is in the hospital, police reported. His account of the accident may be crucial in establishing its cause. The collision occurred in bad weather conditions.

Over two dozen people were injured in the accident, the police added, citing preliminary reports form the ground.

In addition to the bus and the truck, the collision involved two cars, local emergencies service reported.

Prosecutors are investigating accident to determine if possible negligence was involved. Early results have revealed that a proper police escort had not been arranged for the bus carrying the team.