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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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.
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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Hungary Bus Crash Driver Detained After 12 Polish Pilgrims Killed on M3 Motorway
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian police detained the driver of a Polish tour bus that overturned on the M3 motorway near Mezőkeresztes early Sunday, August 16, killing 12 people and injuring dozens more. Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Wojciech Zajączkowski announced the detention Sunday evening after police questioned both drivers who had been t…
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