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Three Killed When Microbus Falls Into Gorge In Daghestan


In Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan, three people were killed on July 8 when a minibus plunged from a road into a 25-meter deep gorge.

A child was among those killed.

Eleven other passengers in the vehicle were injured by the accident in Daghestan’s southwestern district of Charada.

It is the third such accident in Daghestan in recent weeks.

In early June, 13 people were killed in two separate crashes in Daghestan when a car and a minibus fell into deep gorges.

Based on reporting by ITAR-TASS and Interfax

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