Thirty-two people were injured in the crash that happened at 5:40 a.m. (0340 GMT) on the highway between Varazdin, in northwestern Croatia, and the capital, Zagreb. Croatian Health Minister Vili Beros said 19 people were in serious condition. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Marcin Przydacz, deputy head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, who traveled to the site on Saturday, said the injured were being treated in five hospitals in Croatia. Rescuers work as a crane removes a bus with Polish license plates that slid off the road near Varazdin, northwestern Croatia, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic read more He said there were 44 Polish pilgrims on the bus traveling from Poland to Medjugorje, a Roman Catholic shrine in southern Bosnia, including two drivers. Among them were three priests and six nuns, a ministry spokesman said. Police cleared the area of the crash after firefighters and medical teams extracted all occupants of the Warsaw-plate vehicle. Polish police officers, in Croatia, as part of the “Safe Tourist Destination” project, were helping the Croatian authorities in communicating with the survivors. An investigation has been launched into the causes of the accident. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Antonio Bronic in Croatia, Daria Sito-Sucic in Sarajevo and Joana Plucinska in Warsaw. Editing by Jason Neely, Mark Heinrich and Mike Harrison Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
