Croatia bus incident: Twelve Polish pilgrims were killed and 31 were injured

• A bus transporting Polish tourists drove off a road on Saturday, killing twelve people in Croatia.
• According to officials, all 31 remaining passengers are hurt, with some battling for their life in hospitals.

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• the passengers were all of legal age and all citizens of Poland, the Polish Foreign Ministry said.

A bus transporting Polish tourists drove off a road on Saturday, killing twelve people in Croatia. According to officials, all 31 remaining passengers are hurt, with some battling for their lives in hospitals.

The passengers were all of legal age and all citizens of Poland, the Polish Foreign Ministry said.

Around 05:40 local time, the incident occurred as they were en route to Medjugorje, a Catholic shrine in Bosnia (04:50 GMT).

North-east of Zagreb, between Jarek Bisaski and Podvorec, the bus left the A4 highway.

11 deaths were first stated to have occurred. Later, a second individual passed away in a hospital, according to Croatia’s interior minister, Davor Bozinovic.

According to Mr. Bozinovic, some of the injured passengers are fighting for their lives.

Andrej Plenkovi, the prime minister of Croatia, sent his sympathies to the relatives of the victims and said in a tweet that the emergency services were doing everything they could to assist.

Following the event, two Polish ministers are visiting Croatia, according to local media.