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Polish Bus Crash in Croatia Leaves 12 Dead, 33 Injured
Polish Bus Crash in Croatia Leaves 12 Dead, 33 Injured
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BELGRADE (Sputnik) - A bus with a Polish registration plate has crashed in the Croatian county of Varazdinska Zupanija, leaving 11 people dead on the spot... 06.08.2022, Sputnik International
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The accident occurred around 5:35 a.m. local time (03:35 GMT) on the highway toward Zagreb between the villages of Jarek Bisaski and Podgora in the Varazdinska Zupanija county. A bus with Polish license plates went off the highway near a curve.Preliminary information indicated that there were no children among the dead and injured.According to the minister, the bus is registered in the Polish city of Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw and was carrying a group of Catholic pilgrims to the village of Medugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Crews of medics, firefighters and police are still working at the scene of the accident.
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Polish Bus Crash in Croatia Leaves 12 Dead, 33 Injured
11:44 GMT 06.08.2022 (Updated: 19:47 GMT 17.10.2022) BELGRADE (Sputnik) - A bus with a Polish registration plate has crashed in the Croatian county of Varazdinska Zupanija, leaving 11 people dead on the spot, with one passenger dying in a hospital, and 33 people injured and hospitalized, Croatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said on Saturday.
The accident occurred around 5:35 a.m. local time (03:35 GMT) on the highway toward Zagreb between the villages of Jarek Bisaski and Podgora in the Varazdinska Zupanija county. A bus with Polish license plates went off the highway near a curve.
"We received a signal from a Polish citizen who was in the bus. All emergency services, 16 ambulance crews, police and firefighters were immediately dispatched. At this moment, we have information that 11 people died, 33 were injured and taken to hospitals in Varazdin and Zagreb. Another person died in a hospital, bringing the total number of victims to 12, the victims suffered many severe injuries," Bozinovic told a briefing.
Preliminary information indicated that there were no children among the dead and injured.
According to the minister, the bus is registered in the Polish city of Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw and was carrying a group of Catholic pilgrims to the village of Medugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Crews of medics, firefighters and police are still working at the scene of the accident.
