Two Ukrainian women and 6-year-old girl are killed in bus crash in Poland
Two Ukrainian women and a six-year-old child were killed when a bus crashed into a tree in the Polish village of Wereszyn, Lublin Voivodeship.
Source: RMF citing Poland's State Fire Service, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Jakub Kurczuk, an officer on duty at the regional office in Lublin, said there were 10 people on the bus, all citizens of Ukraine.
"The bus drove into the oncoming lane, then into a ditch, and hit a tree," the official said.
Two people were killed instantly, and attempts to resuscitate a third failed. The other seven people were taken to hospital. The incident took place at around 05:00 on 19 November.
The Ukrainian citizens were heading to the border crossing in Dołhobyczów. Early reports suggest that the accident was caused by the driver falling asleep.
Background:
- Earlier, a bus in Venice fell from a height of about 10 metres and caught fire. There were Ukrainians among the passengers.
- A total of 21 people were killed in the accident: 9 Ukrainians, 4 Romanians, 3 Germans, 2 Portuguese, a Croat, a South African and an Italian, who was driving the bus.
- In September, Ukrainians were injured in a bus accident on the Cetinje-Budva motorway in Montenegro that killed at least two people.
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