Bus plummets into river in St Petersburg leaving several dead (VIDEO)

The accident in the Russian city has claimed at least four lives, according to media reports

A bus has fallen into a river in the Russian city of St Petersburg, local transport authorities have confirmed. Several were killed in the crash, according to media reports.

A source told RIA Novosti that out of the 15 people who were aboard at the time of the accident, four were declared dead on the spot and four more are in a state of clinical death.

The crash was spotted by CCTV cameras; the footage shows the driver apparently losing control of the vehicle while making a turn. The bus is seen ramming several cars in the opposite line before breaking through a guardrail and falling into the Moyka River. The vehicle then almost fully submerges into the water.

St Petersburg’s transport committee has confirmed the incident, saying that the driver lost control of the bus, which led to the vehicle plummeting into the water from the Potseluev Bridge (Bridge of Kisses). Paramedics and emergencies services have been deployed, it added.