12 killed, at least 10 injured in Polish bus crash in Hungary
BUDAPEST — A dozen people were killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway in eastern Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday morning in a Facebook post. The bus ran into a ditch and tipped over early on Sunday near the town of Mezokeresztes in eastern Hungary, police said, adding that the bus was heading towards the city of…
On Sunday morning, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced on Facebook that a Polish bus crash in eastern Hungary had claimed the lives of twelve people and left at least ten others injured. According to police, the bus had overturned near the town of Mezokeresztes while heading towards Nyiregyhaza on the M3 motorway. The Hungarian state news agency, MTI, reported that there were 57 passengers and two drivers on board the bus.
The bus, registered in Poland, had reportedly veered off the straight stretch of the road into a ditch and overturned. Initial reports suggested that the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel. Polish President Karol Nawrocki expressed his deep sorrow over the tragic news of the accident on the social media platform X.
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