12 Poles Killed, 31 Injured in Croatia Bus Crash

12 Poles Killed, 31 Injured in Croatia Bus Crash
Rescuers work at the scene where a bus with Polish license plates slipped off a road near Varazdin, northwestern Croatia, on Aug. 6, 2022. Antonio Bronic/Reuters
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VARAZDIN, Croatia—Twelve people were killed and 31 injured, 18 of them seriously, when a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims slipped off a road and crashed near Varazdin in northwestern Croatia early on Saturday, authorities said.

Police, firefighters, and medical teams were deployed to the site of the accident that occurred at 5:40 a.m. near Breznicki Hum in the direction of the capital Zagreb, the police said.