Bus crash leaves 14 dead

KIEV, Ukraine (AP):An official report yesterday confirmed that a bus carrying Russian religious pilgrims crashed in Ukraine, killing 14 of the 45 people on-board.

Yulia Yershova, a spokeswoman for Ukraine's Emergencies Ministry, said the crash took place about 5:30 yesterday morning when the driver apparently lost control, veered off the road and overturned.

Yershova says another 29 people were hospitalised with injuries from the crash near Chernihiv, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) north-east of Kiev.

Russian news reports said the pilgrims were headed for the Holy Dormition Monastery in western Ukraine's Pochayev, one of the major monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.