A truck, a bus and several other vehicles were involved and the dead includes a young girl, said the interior ministry.
The accident took place when a truck carrying gravel turned onto a main road and ploughed into the bus, which was broken in two by the force of the collision.
Helicopter teams and 30 ambulance crews were sent to the scene. The number of dead was revised upwards after several of the injured died in hospital.
The crash occurred near Oznobishino, about 25 miles south of Moscow city centre.
Officials said that injuries were particularly serious as bus passengers were also hit with gravel being carried on the truck.
Twenty people remain remain in hospital, with 16 of them said to be in a serious condition.
Moscow deputy mayor Pyotr Birukov said that the truck's driver, a 46-year-old Armenian who survived the crash, had been fined for traffic offences six times over the last year.
Russia has one of the world's worst road safety records with some 25,000 people losing their lives in traffic accidents every year, although the government is trying to improve the situation with measures including a zero-tolerance ban on drink driving.
The accident took place when a truck carrying gravel turned onto a main road and ploughed into the bus, which was broken in two by the force of the collision.
Helicopter teams and 30 ambulance crews were sent to the scene. The number of dead was revised upwards after several of the injured died in hospital.
The crash occurred near Oznobishino, about 25 miles south of Moscow city centre.
Officials said that injuries were particularly serious as bus passengers were also hit with gravel being carried on the truck.
Twenty people remain remain in hospital, with 16 of them said to be in a serious condition.
Moscow deputy mayor Pyotr Birukov said that the truck's driver, a 46-year-old Armenian who survived the crash, had been fined for traffic offences six times over the last year.
Russia has one of the world's worst road safety records with some 25,000 people losing their lives in traffic accidents every year, although the government is trying to improve the situation with measures including a zero-tolerance ban on drink driving.
Source : SkyNews
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