The number of injured in a bus carrying teachers and students of Baku secondary school No. 279 from Baku to Gabala has increased.

APA's local bureau reports that two of the 10 wounded were taken to hospital in critical condition.

They are Alexandra Yekhemenko Sergeyevna, born in 2007, and Gasimov Elnur Elchin oglu, born in 2010.

The injured were taken to Gobustan Central Hospital.

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The names of those injured in the crash of a bus carrying tourists from Gabala to Baku in Shamakhi have been announced.

APA's local bureau reports that a Mercedes bus driven by Baku resident Guliyev Parviz Shahsaddin oglu, born in 1987, deviated from the road and crashed into an iron barrier.

As a result of the accident, residents of Yeni Gunashli, Amirjan settlement of Surakhani district of Baku Gurbanova Gunel Agamali gyzy, born in 1983, Gurbanova Asra Samir gyzy, born in 2016, Gurbanova Nurgul Samir gyzy, born in 2012, Bashirova Aysel Agamali, born in 1986 Abishova Khayala Eyyub, born in 1993, Ahmadova Aynur Mirza, born in 1983, Ahmadova Ilayda Ratvin, born in 2012, Amirkhanli Niman Mahmud, born in 2008 were hospitalized with injuries.

Most of the 55 passengers on the Baku-Gabala-Baku bus were secondary school teachers and students and their parents.

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A serious traffic accident occurred on the Baku-Shamakhi highway passing through Ajidara.

APA's local bureau reports that the incident took place at about 23:00 yesterday.

A Mercedes passenger bus with registration number 90-NL-949 with Baku-Tovuz-Gazakh-Red Bridge on it deviated from the road and crashed into an iron barrier.

During the accident, 6 out of 55 passengers traveling from Gabala to Baku were injured.

The injured were taken to Shamakhi Central Hospital.

Doctors of the ambulance station also provided first aid to more than 10 passengers at the scene.

An investigation is underway.