VARAZDIN, Aug 12 (Hina) - Three Croats were killed and five Slovaks injured in a crash which occurred on the D-3 state highway in Novi Marof, north of Zagreb, at 10.40 pm on Friday, Varazdin police reported on Saturday. The crash
occurred when the driver of an all-terrain vehicle, 25-year-old K.R. from Novi Marof, heading from Zagreb to Varazdin for undetermined reasons crossed into the left lane in Novi Marof's Varazdinska Street, directly colliding with a Slovakian bus coming from the opposite direction. The crash claimed the lives of K.R. and his fellow passengers, 24-year-old S.D. and 23-year-old K.M., both from Remetinec. Five passengers from the Slovakian bus were injured, including a ten-year-old. All are Slovakian citizens. They were transferred to Varazdin's general hospital where they are receiving treatment. There is no information as to their injuries. Following an on-the
VARAZDIN, Aug 12 (Hina) - Three Croats were killed and five Slovaks
injured in a crash which occurred on the D-3 state highway in Novi
Marof, north of Zagreb, at 10.40 pm on Friday, Varazdin police
reported on Saturday.
The crash occurred when the driver of an all-terrain vehicle, 25-
year-old K.R. from Novi Marof, heading from Zagreb to Varazdin for
undetermined reasons crossed into the left lane in Novi Marof's
Varazdinska Street, directly colliding with a Slovakian bus coming
from the opposite direction.
The crash claimed the lives of K.R. and his fellow passengers, 24-
year-old S.D. and 23-year-old K.M., both from Remetinec.
Five passengers from the Slovakian bus were injured, including a
ten-year-old. All are Slovakian citizens. They were transferred to
Varazdin's general hospital where they are receiving treatment.
There is no information as to their injuries.
Following an on-the-spot investigation, 40 passengers from the
Slovakian bus were accommodated at Novi Marof's Police Station
Four, pending the arrival of another bus from Slovakia which is to
take them to their destination in Split, a southern Croatian
seaside resort.
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