Five people were killed and 21 were injured in a bus accident south of Moscow in the early hours of Sunday, Russian authorities said. Russia’s Federal Road Traffic Inspection agency said the accident took place at around 5:45 am local time in the Ryazan region. /The traffic police of the Ryazan region/

The agency said the bus could have hit a pillar by a railroad bridge. The accident took place on a highway near the village of Voslebovo around 270 kilometres south of Moscow. Police said it had opened a criminal case on violations of traffic rules. /The traffic police of the Ryazan region/

File Photo: The accident took place on a highway near the village of Voslebovo around 270 kilometres south of Moscow, the agency said. Ryazan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast’s largest city. /wikipedia/