5 Tourists, 2 Others Die in Soviet Bus Collision
United Press International
MOSCOW —
A Belgian tour bus collided with a truck outside Moscow, killing seven people and injuring four others, the Tass news agency reported Tuesday.
Romain Pote, managing director for the Flemish Tourist Assn. that organized the trip, said five of those killed in the Monday night accident were Belgian tourists. According to Tass, the bus belonging to the group collided with a Soviet vehicle on the highway to Minsk, 30 miles outside the capital.
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