At least 11 people have been killed and 34 injured after a bus skidded off a highway in northern Croatia early on Saturday morning
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerAt least 12 people have been killed and 31 injured after a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims skidded off a highway in northern Croatia early on Saturday morning.At least 12 people have been killed and 31 injured after a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims skidded off a highway in northern Croatia early on Saturday morning.
Some 18 people among the 31 hurt have suffered serious injuries after the bus crashed off the A4 highway in Podvorec, about 30 miles north of capital Zagreb. The most likely cause of the crash was the driver falling asleep, state television network HRT reported. "All the victims are Polish citizens - we can at this point confirm this," a Polish foreign ministry spokesman told broadcaster TVN24.The passengers were travelling to Medjugorje, a Roman Catholic shrine in southern Bosnia, Croatian interior minister Davor Bozinovic said.
Officials from the Polish embassy in Croatia were this morning making their way to the scene, according to a spokesperson for Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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