STORY: A dozen people were killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway in eastern Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday morning (August 16) in a Facebook post.

The bus ran into a ditch and tipped over early on Sunday near the town of Mezokeresztes in eastern Hungary, police said, adding that the bus was heading towards the city of Nyiregyhaza when the accident happened.

State news agency MTI said there were 57 passengers and two drivers on the bus.

"A Polish-registered bus travelling on the M3 motorway towards Nyiregyhaza ... veered off the straight stretch of road into a ditch and overturned. Preliminary information suggests the driver likely fell asleep," police said on its website.

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STORY: A Polish tourist bus that overturned on a motorway in eastern Hungary has left at least twelve people killed and 10 injured, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday morning (August 16) in a Facebook post.

Police said the bus ran into a ditch and tipped over early on Sunday near the town of Mezokeresztes in eastern Hungary. The bus was heading towards the city of Nyiregyhaza when the accident happened.

Footage from the scene showed a badly damaged red bus lying on one side in a ditch by the motorway with windows smashed and belongings and suitcases scattered around.

Reuters confirmed the location from the damaged bus, police vehicles and road layout, which matched state media images from the scene. The date of the footage was verified by original file metadata.

State news agency MTI said there were 57 passengers and two drivers on the bus.

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STORY: Emergency crews worked to remove the mangled wreckage of a bus and collect passengers' belongings on Sunday (August 16) after the Polish bus overturned on a motorway in eastern Hungary, killing 12 people and injuring at least 10 others.

The bus ran into a ditch and tipped over near the town of Mezokeresztes in eastern Hungary, police said, adding that the bus was heading towards the city of Nyiregyhaza on the motorway when the accident happened.

State news agency MTI said there were 57 passengers and two drivers on the bus.

Police said preliminary information suggests the driver likely fell asleep, causing the vehicle to veer off the straight stretch of road.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: NEAR MEZOKERESZTES, HUNGARY (AUGUST 16, 2026) (DAVID DOJCSAK - HUNGARIAN DISASTER MANAGEMENT - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT CRASH SITE

2. FIRE TRUCKS, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PICKING UP MATERIALS

3. VARIOUS OF FIRE ENGINES, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL

4. VARIOUS OF FIRE ENGINES, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WORKING AT CRASH SITE

NEAR MEZOKERESZTES, HUNGARY (AUGUST 16, 2026) (DAVID DOJCSAK - HUNGARIAN DISASTER MANAGEMENT - Access all)

5. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL EXAMINING CRASH WRECKAGE

6. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PREPARING TO LIFT OVERTURNED BUS

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SHOWS: NEAR MEZOKERESZTES, HUNGARY (AUGUST 16, 2026) (BALAZS TOTH/MEZOKOVESD KEPEKBEN - No Resale / No Archive / Must on-screen courtesy Balazs Toth/Mezokovesd Kepekben)

1. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL NEXT TO OVERTURNED BUS

2. OVERTURNED BUS LYING IN DITCH

3. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL EXAMINING OVERTURNED BUS

4. OVERTURNED BUS

5. EVIDENCE MARKER AT EDGE OF ROAD / OVERTURNED BUS

6. OVERTURNED BUS BEING LIFTED

7. UNDERCARRIAGE OF OVERTURNED BUS

8. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL NEXT TO OVERTURNED BUS

9. SEATS INSIDE OVERTURNED BUS

10. CURTAINS HANGING OUT OF OVERTURNED BUS

11. VARIOUS OF OVERTURNED BUS

12. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PICKING UP DEBRIS

13. POLICE, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT CRASH SITE

14. SUITCASES AT CRASH SITE

15. SUITCASES, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SIFTING THROUGH DEBRIS AND PASSENGER BELONGINGS

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SHOWS: NEAR MEZOKERESZTES, HUNGARY (AUGUST 16, 2026) (HIR TV - No use Hungary)

1. VARIOUS OF CRANE LIFTING WRECKAGE OF POLISH BUS AFTER CRASH

NEAR MEZOKERESZTES, HUNGARY (AUGUST 16, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

2. VEHICLES PASSING BY CRASH SCENE

3. VARIOUS OF CLEAN UP CREW WORKING AT SCENE, REMOVING BUS PARTS

4. BUS SEATS ON SIDE OF MOTORWAY, CLEAN UP CREW WORKING

5. VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS' SUITCASES LINED UP AT BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK

6. VARIOUS OF POLICE MARKINGS AT CRASH SCENE