Nine suffer injury in bus crash en route in Slovakia

Three children and six adults suffered light injuries in a Czech bus travelling from Zlín to Slovakia on Friday when the vehicle collided in Slovakia with a lorry, near the towns of Sereď and Galant. A police spokesman said that the driver of the bus prevented a head-on collision through quick reflexes, quickly yanking the steering wheel but impact was nevertheless not avoided. The bus, which was carrying 40 people, mostly children, ended up in a ditch. The driver of the lorry was the only injured party to remain in hospital. The Czech bus had been travelling through Slovakia to a spa town in Hungary; later on Friday a replacement vehicle returned the travellers to the Czech Republic.

Author: Jan Velinger