Sunday, February 22, 2009

The victims of bus accident in Slovakia have been 12 people.

As a result of a collision with a tourist bus, by train at railway crossings in Slovakia, according to the refined data of the local police, killed 12 people, another 20 received various injuries. Earlier in the Fire Service reported 10 deaths. All the bus were 36 people, transmits AFP.
The accident was one of the largest in Slovakia in recent years. Prime Minister Robert Fico (Robert Fico) has promised to convene an urgent meeting of the Government, which will be announced on the mourning for the dead.
According to local media, the accident occurred when a bus carrying tourists from the city Banovtse nad Bebravou stuck at the crossing. In the Slovak railway company was told that the bus dragged on rails for a few tens of meters.
In order to evacuate the victims were involved, three medical helicopters and a dozen cars of "ambulance". In Slovakia, the Ministry of Health reported that two people were seriously injured but their condition has stabilized.

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