Hungary Bus Crash Kills 8, Injures Dozens

Hungary Bus Crash Kills 8, Injures Dozens
View of the bus that rolled over on the M7 motorway, killing at least eight people, in the early hours of Sunday near Szabadbattyan, Hungary, on Aug. 15, 2021. Zoltan Mihadak/Pool via Reuters
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BUDAPEST, Hungary—A bus traveling on a highway in Hungary crashed through a guardrail and tipped over early Sunday, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, police said.

The crash occurred on Hungary’s M7 highway near the town of Szabadbattyan, between the capital, Budapest, and Lake Balaton, at just before 5 a.m. Sunday morning. The bus had Hungarian license plates and was in the lane traveling toward Budapest.