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At least 12 people have died after a bus carrying construction workers plunged into the sea in southern Russia.
Three people are missing, while 20 others have been rescued after the vehicle drove off a pier and crashed into the water on Friday morning.
Russian officials said scuba divers were searching for the three missing men.
Eight more people were injured, five of whom were in a serious condition, according to Russia’s emergency ministry.
The bus was carrying workers who were building a pier for an oil company on the Black Sea coast not far from Crimea.
It fell into the sea in the village of Volná in the Krasnodar region and it is not clear how it ended up in the water.
The vehicle has been lifted to the surface by crane, local media reported.
It belongs to the company that is building a pier for the Tamanneftgas oil and gas company, the emergency ministry said.
This story is being updated.
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