Twelve killed as Polish bus veers off Hungarian motorway

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A Polish tourist bus overturned on Hungary's M3 motorway early Sunday morning, resulting in twelve fatalities and dozens of injuries. The incident occurred around 1:00 AM local time when the bus veered off the road and into a ditch. Authorities suspect the driver fell asleep at the wheel and have taken him into custody. Of the 57 passengers and two drivers on board, 35 have been rescued. Emergency services treated individuals for life-threatening, serious, and minor injuries. The Prime Minister of Hungary extended condolences to the victims' families and wished the injured a swift recovery.

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Prime Minister Péter Magyar offered condolences to victims' families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

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Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured when a Polish tourist bus veered off a Hungarian motorway.

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Hungary's ambulance service treated one person with life-threatening injuries, nine with serious injuries, and 37 with minor injuries.

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Thirty-five out of 57 passengers and two drivers onboard have been rescued.

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Police believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel.

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Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured when a Polish tourist bus veered off a Hungarian motorway and into a ditch.Police said the bus overturned after coming off the M3 motorway, which connects Hungary's capital Budapest with the north-eastern city of Nyíregyháza, at around 01:00 local time on Sunday (23:00 GMT on Saturday).Officers believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel. He has been taken into custody.Thirty-five out of the 57 passengers and two drivers onboard have been rescued by firefighters so far, state media reports.Emergency services had been attempting to lift the rear axle of the 24-tonne bus to remove the people trapped underneath before cranes arrived to lift the whole vehicle, according to news agency MTI.Hungary's ambulance service said it had treated one person with life-threatening injuries, nine people with serious injuries and a further 37 people with minor injuries.The country's Prime Minister Péter Magyar offered his "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims and wished those injured a speedy recovery.EPAThe bus came off the motorway and overturned into a ditch running beside the road

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