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Twelve killed as Polish bus veers off Hungarian motorway

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Phillips, A. (2026, August 16). Twelve killed as Polish bus veers off Hungarian motorway. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg4424zd7go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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A bus accident on a Hungarian motorway resulted in 12 deaths and dozens injured after it veered off the road into a ditch, with police suspecting the driver fell asleep at the wheel. Thirty-five out of 57 passengers and two drivers have been rescued so far, while one person has life-threatening injuries, nine serious injuries, and 37 minor injuries according to Hungarian ambulance services. The bus was carrying Polish pilgrims returning from Bosnia and Herzegovina when the accident occurred on Sunday morning on the M3 motorway near Nyíregyháza. The driver is in custody and police have begun questioning him.

Written by AI on 2026-08-16, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims veered off a Hungarian motorway near Mezokeresztes, 87 miles east of Budapest, on Sunday. The bus, which was traveling from Serbia to Poland with 57 passengers and two drivers, overturned after the driver likely fell asleep at the wheel. Thirty-five people have been rescued so far, but one person has life-threatening injuries, nine have serious injuries, and 37 have minor injuries. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk both offered their condolences to the families of the victims. The driver has been taken into custody.

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Budapest Hungarian Hungary Poland Polish

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Polish NORP · 4× Hungarian NORP · 3× Hungary GPE · 2× Poland GPE · 2× Bosnia GPE · 1× Budapest GPE · 1× Donald Tusk PERSON · 1× MTI ORG · 1× Nyíregyháza GPE · 1× Péter Magyar PERSON · 1×

Narrative

- Published Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims 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).

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Twelve killed as Polish bus veers off Hungarian motorway · assertive framing

Claims (11 extracted, 2 hedged)

which → publish → Saturday

Officers believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel. asserted

driver → believe → wheel

He has been taken into custody. asserted

He → take → custody

Thirty-five out of the 57 passengers and two drivers onboard have been rescued by firefighters so far, state media reports. asserted

media → rescue → firefighters

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 Hungarian news agency MTI. uncertain

cranes → attempt → 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. asserted

it → say → 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. asserted

Minister → offer → recovery

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk echoed his sentiments, adding he had decided to send a "special" Polish aircraft with foreign ministry officials and medical services. asserted

he → echo → officials

"We are together in this difficult moment," he added. asserted

he → add → moment

The bus had been returning from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and had been carrying pilgrims from Poland's southernmost region of Podkarpacie, according to Polish news agency PAP. uncertain

bus → return → PAP

Poland's Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said his Hungarian counterpart had told him police had already begun questioning the bus driver. asserted

police → say → driver