Russia coach accident kills 10

MOSCOW - A passenger coach and a truck collided in Russia's western Siberia region yesterday, killing 10 people, including five German tourists, the Emergencies Ministry said.

The coach was carrying passengers from Moscow to Omsk when it was in collision with a truck carrying metal construction material near the town of Kurgan in the early hours.

"Ten people were killed including five German citizens. Two of the dead are children," said ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov, adding that the drivers of both vehicles were killed.

Twenty-seven others were injured, he said.

- REUTERS