An accident occurred 40 km from the village of Irgyz on the section of the "Samara – Shymkent" highway, which had previously been closed to traffic due to adverse weather conditions.
"The bus was traveling from Ufa to Samarkand. Emergency Ministry officials evacuated 33 citizens of Uzbekistan using a shuttle to a replacement bus located on a safe stretch of the road. There are no injuries," the press service of the Emergency Ministry reported.
The agency reminded that weather conditions can significantly complicate the situation on the roads.
Earlier, a young taxi driver collided with a minibus carrying passengers near the train station in Almaty. The accident happened on March 1 at the intersection of Tuzov Street and Abylai Khan Avenue, close to the Almaty-2 railway station.