Twelve killed and at least 10 injured in Polish bus crash in Hungary
Police said the driver likely fell asleep as 57 passengers and two drivers were aboard the coach, which overturned and trapped several passengers.
- Early Sunday, a Polish bus overturned on the M3 motorway near Mezokeresztes, Hungary, killing 12 people and injuring at least 10, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar confirmed on Facebook.
- Preliminary information suggests the driver likely fell asleep, causing the vehicle to veer off the road; police are taking the bus driver into custody.
- State news agency MTI reported there were 57 passengers and two drivers on the bus when the accident occurred.
- Traveling toward the city of Nyiregyhaza, the vehicle ran into a ditch near the town of Mezokeresztes in eastern Hungary.
- Emergency responders transported the injured to the hospital for treatment following the crash in eastern Hungary.
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ussanews.com12 Dead, Dozens Injured in Polish Bus Crash in Hungary
Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims crashed on Hungary’s M3 motorway early Sunday, with police suspecting that the driver may have fallen asleep. Prime Minister Péter Magyar reported the number of fatalities and serious injuries on Facebook on Sunday morning, expressing his condolences to the victims’ families and thanking those involved in the rescue operation. Interior Minister Gábor Pósfai said 59 …
Twelve people were killed and at least twenty injured in Hungary in an accident involving a Polish tourist bus. The bus veered off the road and overturned more than 100 kilometers east of Budapest. Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar has expressed his condolences.
The accident of a car registered in Poland on a motorway in Hungary on the night of Saturday to Sunday caused 12 deaths and at least 10 serious injuries, in the worst such disaster in the
Driver in custody after bus in Hungary crashes into ditch, killing 12
A passenger bus carrying Polish tourists on a highway in Hungary went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing a dozen people and injuring at least 10 early Sunday, police said. The bus was travelling on eastbound lanes near Mezokeresztes around 140 kilometres east of Budapest.
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