Moscow  - Seven people were killed Saturday in two separate road accidents in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, the Interfax agency reported.

In the more serious of the two, a minibus with 10 people plunged off a bridge into a river, killing five passengers, including a five- year-old child, local officials told the agency. The cause of the accident was not initially known.

Elsewhere in Dagestan, two people were killed in a collision of a car with a train. (dpa)