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PM Orbán expresses condolences to families of the victims of Hungarian bus crash

The bus, operated by Volmer-Tours, was bringing back Hungarian tourists from Croatia with 56 people on board. It crashed on the M7 motorway killing eight.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the Hungarian bus crash and wished a speedy recovery to the injured in a message posted on his Facebook page on Sunday. 

The bus, operated by Volmer-Tours, was bringing back Hungarian tourists from Croatia with 56 people on board. The bus crashed on the M7 motorway near Szabadbattyán, 70km from Budapest, early Sunday, killing eight. A further eight of the more than 50 passengers were seriously injured and 40 suffered light injuries after the bus broke through the barrier, hit a pillar on an overpass and rolled over into a stream.