Hungarian bus crash in Slovakia: one dead, 59 injured – UPDATE
One person was killed and 59 injured after a Hungarian bus collided with a lorry on the D2 motorway in Slovakia, the Újszó news portal wrote.
The accident happened at a rest stop in Závod. According to Katarína Krizanová, spokeswoman of the Fire and Disaster Brigade (HaZZ), more than 30 firefighters are working at the scene, the Slovak news portal Bumm.sk reported.
According to the portal, the newly appointed Slovak Health Minister Michal Palkovič assured that all the victims of the Hungarian bus accident on the D2 motorway in Slovakia will receive immediate and quality medical care.
Commenting on the accident, Michal Palkovič said that the Slovak National Ambulance Service (OS ZZS) Operational Centre and the hospitals reassured that all the injured would receive prompt and adequate medical care. “We are doing everything we can to save their lives. I’m extremely saddened by the news and offer my condolences to the deceased person’s relatives,” said Michal Palkovic.
As a result of the collision, half of the bus was wedged in the truck.
According to information from the Slovak portal Ma7, 28 firefighters from Malacky and Bratislava are assisting at the scene, providing first aid to the injured and freeing the stranded passengers from the crashed bus.
A video of the accident was also posted on social media. The footage, shared on Juraj Hajdin TV JOJ’s Facebook page, also shows that an ambulance helicopter arrived on the scene.