{"id":6961,"date":"2026-08-16T00:14:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/news\/7811148\/a-bus-crash-in-hungary-kills-12-people-police-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T01:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:30:02","slug":"a-bus-crash-in-hungary-kills-12-people-injures-at-least-10-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6961\/a-bus-crash-in-hungary-kills-12-people-injures-at-least-10-others\/","title":{"rendered":"A bus crash in Hungary kills 12 people, injures at least 10 others"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) \u2014 A passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others, police said.<\/p>\n

The bus, which was carrying a group of Polish tourists, was traveling on eastbound lanes near the town of Mezokeresztes when it overturned on the M3 motorway around 140 kilometers (87 miles) east of Hungary\u2019s capital, Budapest, at around 1 a.m. on Sunday. <\/p>\n

In a statement, police said it was likely that the driver fell asleep, causing the accident, and that the driver had been taken into custody. <\/p>\n

Hungary’s National Directorate for Disaster Management said in a statement that 57 passengers and two drivers were traveling on the bus at the time of the accident, and that several of the passengers had been trapped under the vehicle when it overturned. <\/p>\n

Polish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maciej Wewi\u00f3r told Polish news agency PAP on Sunday that all of the people on the bus were Polish citizens. <\/p>\n

The bus was carrying people from Poland\u2019s southeastern Podkarpackie region who were returning from a pilgrimage in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the regional government in Rzeszow, Poland, said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n

Hungarian Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar wrote in a statement on Facebook that at least 10 people were seriously injured in the crash. He offered his condolences to the families of the victims and thanked rescue workers who were dispatched to the scene.<\/p>\n

Polish President Karol Nawrocki expressed his \u201cdeep sorrow\u201d over the accident, writing in a post on X: \u201cI join the families and loved ones of the victims in prayer and deep sympathy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Associated Press writer Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report. <\/p>\n

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An aerial photo taken by drone shows the emergency services as they attend the scene after a passenger bus went off the road and overturned in a ditch along a highway between Mezokeresztes and Mezonagymihaly in Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Zoltan Mathe\/MTI via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Emergency services attend the scene after a passenger bus went off the road and overturned in a ditch along a highway between Mezokeresztes and Mezonagymihaly in Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Zoltan Mathe\/MTI via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Emergency services attend the scene after a passenger bus went off the road and overturned in a ditch along a highway between Mezokeresztes and Mezonagymihaly in Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Zoltan Mathe\/MTI via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Emergency services attend the scene after a passenger bus went off the road and overturned in a ditch along a highway between Mezokeresztes and Mezonagymihaly in Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Zoltan Mathe\/MTI via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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