The driver of a double-decker bus cut in two by a passenger train in a Hungarian crash that killed 33 not only ignored warning lights but also passed a vehicle that had stopped at the crossing, investigators said today.

EYEWITNESSES yesterday spoke of their horror when an express train sliced through a double-decker tour bus in Hungary, killing at least 33 German tourists.

AN investigation was underway yesterday into how a passenger train sliced through a coach full of mainly elderly German holidaymakers in Hungary yesterday, killing 33 of them and their driver.

At least 31 people were killed today when a double-decker bus carrying German tourists was hit by a train at a crossing near the Hungarian resort of Lake Balaton.

At least 31 people were killed today when a double-decker bus carrying German tourists was hit by a train at a crossing near the Hungarian resort of Lake Balaton.