Eight people killed, dozens injured in Hungary bus crash
First responders work at the crash site, after a bus rolled over on the M7 motorway, killing at least eight people, in the early hours of Sunday near Szabadbattyan, Hungary August 15, 2021. Zoltan Mihadak/Pool via REUTERS
BUDAPEST — Eight people were killed and dozens injured when a passenger bus crashed on the M7 motorway en route to Budapest in the early hours of Sunday, police said in a statement.
Police said the Hungarian bus rolled over for unknown reasons at 0255 GMT 70 km (43.5 miles) west of Budapest.
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State news agency MTI said the bus, which had a Hungarian license plate and carried more than 50 passengers, had crashed into an overpass pillar.
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