12 Polish pilgrims die in Croatia bus crash
Twelve Polish pilgrims died and 30 others were injured yesterday when a bus veered off a highway and crashed into a ditch in northern Croatia, authorities said.
"They were pilgrims heading for Medjugorje," a Catholic sanctuary in neighbouring Bosnia that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki tweeted.
The death toll rose from 11 after one of the injured died in hospital, Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic told a press conference in the northern city of Varadzin.
Eighteen of the 30 hurt, who were all taken to hospitals in the area, were in a serious condition, said Maja Grba Bujevic, head of Croatia's emergency services.
Sixteen emergency medical teams had been dispatched to the crash site.
"All the victims (are) Polish citizens," said Lukasz Jasina, a spokesperson for Poland's foreign ministry.
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