50 foreign citizens almost froze in Karaganda region

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - 54 citizens of Uzbekistan, including a 10-year-old child, were rescued by road police officers on the Almaty-Yekaterinburg highway in the Karaganda region, the police say.

A Setra passenger bus en route Sary-Agash - Nizhniy Novgorod froze on the motorway on Sunday night.

According to the police, all passengers traveling in the vehicle were citizens of Uzbekistan. Due to prompt response of the local police, the wrecked passengers got safely to the nearest cafe in order to get warm.