By GB News (World News) | Created at 2026-08-16 09:06:20 | Updated at 2026-08-16 10:16:18
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Twelve people have been killed after a tourist bus crashed overnight in Hungary.
The bus, which was full of Polish tourists, went into a ditch and overturned at around 1am local time this morning.
The bus was travelling the M3 motorway, near the town of Mezokeresztes, when the crash occurred.
Police have said that the driver likely fell asleep, and he has been taken into custody.
There were 57 passengers onboard, as well as two drivers, according to state news agency MTI.
Polish foreign ministry spokesperson Maciej Wewior confirmed that all of the people onboard the coach were Polish.
The bus was travelling from Poland's southeastern Podkarpackie, with passengers returning from a pilgrimage in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Those injured in the crash have since been taken to a nearby hospital.
Ten others have been seriously injured
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Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said on X that a "tragic bus accident involving Polish tourists" had occurred at that he was in contact with Hungarian authorities.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki posted: "It is with deep sorrow that I received the tragic news of the Polish bus accident in Hungary, in which so many of our compatriots died."
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