A dozen people were killed and at least 10 injured \u200bafter a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway \u200cin 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 \u200bnear the town of Mezokeresztes in eastern Hungary, police said, \u200badding that the bus was heading towards the city of \u2060Nyiregyhaza on the motorway when the accident happened. State news agency MTI \u200bsaid there were 57 passengers and two drivers on the bus. Pictures \u200bfrom the scene showed a badly damaged red bus lying on one side in a ditch by the motorway with windows smashed and belongings and suitcases scattered \u200baround. “A Polish-registered bus travelling on the M3 motorway towards Nyiregyhaza … veered \u200boff the straight stretch of road into a ditch and overturned. Preliminary information suggests \u200cthe \u2060driver likely fell asleep,” police said on their website. Polish President Karol Nawrocki said on X: “It is with deep sorrow that I received the tragic news of the Polish bus accident in Hungary, in which so \u200bmany of our \u200bcompatriots died.” Twelve \u2060people lost their lives, and several others were injured in the accident, police said, adding that they were \u200btaking the bus driver into custody. The injured have been \u200btaken to \u2060hospital. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on X that a “tragic accident” involving a bus carrying Polish tourists happened in Hungary. “The consular service is operational. \u2060We \u200bare in contact with the Hungarian authorities. \u200bThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs will provide verified information,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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