Seven killed in Hungary bus crash

At least seven people were killed and 16 injured when a tourist bus collided with a truck and crashed onto rail tracks in southern Hungary today.

The bus had collided with a truck carrying cars after the driver lost control.

Marta Toronykoy, a police spokeswoman for the southern county of Csongrad, said the bus likely hit the tracks at an excessive speed, but did not overturn.

The bus was carrying 32 Romanian tourist and two drivers.

“In the crash the truck driver and six tourists died immediately,” Toronykoy said.

She said 13 people were injured, including three who were in serious or life-threatening condition. The injured were being treated in nearby hospitals in Szeged and Mako, close to the Romanian border in southern Hungary.

Toronykoy said the truck driver was a Romanian national.