8 Killed, Dozens Injured in Hungary Bus Crash

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 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 revealed that the bus, which had a Hungarian licence plate and carried more than 50 passengers, had crashed into an overpass pillar.

Last year, one man died and three people including a young child were seriously injured when a tourist bus crashed into a ditch on the side of a highway in Hungary.

The incident happened on the M5 highway in the city of Kiskunfelegyhaza, about 115 kilometres (71 miles) east of Budapest, the capital. Police said the vehicle was a Polish tourist bus with 46 people aboard.