Bus crash kills at least 11 in Kazakhstan

At least 11 people have been killed and at least 30 injured in Kazakhstan after a bus took evasive action to avoid colliding with a parked vehicle.

A bus crash in Kazakhstan has left at least 11 people dead, the country's interior ministry has announced.

The accident occurred as the driver took evasive action to avoid colliding with a parked vehicle.

The driver then lost control of the bus and it overturned several times.

At least 30 others were injured in the accident, which took place on a highway in the south of country.

According to authorities, the victims are mainly Uzbeks.

Kazakhstan's interim president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, sent his condolences to the relatives and said more would be done to improve the poor state of roads in the central Asian country.


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