Bus carrying Ukrainians crashes in Poland: 6-year-old girl and two women killed

A bus carrying Ukrainians has crashed into a tree in the Polish village of Wereszyn, Lublin Voivodeship, killing two women and a six-year-old child.

Source: RMF citing Poland's State Fire Service, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Jakub Kurczuk, an officer on duty at the regional office in Lublin, said there were 10 people on the bus, all of them citizens of Ukraine.

"The bus drove onto the oncoming lane, then into a ditch and hit a tree," the official said.

Two people died on the spot, whereas attempts to resuscitate the third failed. The other seven people were taken to hospital. The incident took place at around 05:00 on 19 November.

The Ukrainian citizens were heading to the border crossing in Dołhobyczów. Early reports suggest that the accident was caused by the driver falling asleep.

Background: 

• Earlier in Venice, a bus fell from a height of about 10 metres and caught fire. There were Ukrainians among the passengers.
• A total of 21 people were killed in the accident: 9 Ukrainians, 4 Romanians, 3 Germans, 2 Portuguese, a Croatian, a South African and an Italian. The latter was the driver.
• In September, at least two people were killed in a bus accident on the Cetinje-Budva motorway in Montenegro, with Ukrainians also injured.

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