At least 12 people killed in a Polish tourist bus crash in Hungary
By 3 a.m. on Sunday, the disaster management service reported that firefighters had so far rescued thirty-five people from the coach, while several passengers had been trapped beneath the vehicle.
A Polish tourist bus crashed on a motorway in eastern Hungary early on Sunday. The bus, which was heading towards the city of Nyíregyháza, ran into a ditch and overturned near the town of Mezokeresztes.
According to police, 12 people were killed in the accident. At least 10 people were injured, with state news agency MTI reporting that there were 57 passengers and two drivers on the bus.
Preliminary information from police suggests that the driver likely fell asleep, causing the accident. The bus was travelling on the M3 motorway when it veered off the straight stretch of road into a ditch and overturned.
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