Twelve killed and at least 10 injured in Polish bus crash in Hungary
Police said the driver likely fell asleep, and 57 passengers and two drivers were aboard the bus when it overturned.
- 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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The accident occurred around 01:00 (23:00 GMT) on the M3 motorway, while travelling to Mezőkeresztes, about 140 kilometres east of Budapest, said in a press release the local police. The bus, which was carrying 57 passengers and two drivers from Serbia to Poland, "has left the road, finished its race in a ditch and stopped on the flank", according to the National Office for Disaster Management. The driver would have fallen asleep behind the whee…
A coach from Poland crashes into a road ditch in eastern Hungary. The driver is arrested.
Polish Tourist Bus Crash in Hungary Kills 12, Injures at Least 10
BUDAPEST (VINnews)— A Polish tourist bus overturned into a ditch on a motorway in eastern Hungary early Sunday, killing 12 people and injuring at least 10 others, Hungarian authorities said. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The crash occurred around 1 a.m. on the M3 motorway near the town of Mezőkeresztes, […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced in a Facebook post on Sunday morning that 12 people were killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned on a highway in eastern Hungary overnight.
Twelve people died and dozens were injured after a Polish tour bus left a highway and crashed into a ditch in Hungary in the early morning of Sunday (16). According to the police, one of the main suspicions is that the driver fell asleep at the wheel. He was stopped. The accident occurred around 1 hour at the local time (20h Saturday in Brasilia), on the M3 highway, which connects the Budapest capital to the city of Nyíregyháza, in the north-eas…
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