Coverage dated August 16, 2026

12 Polish pilgrims killed, 37 injured in Hungary bus crash

Headline from BNO News

Twelve people have been killed and 37 others injured when a coach carrying pilgrims back to Poland crashed on a highway in Hungary, according to Polish officials. Around 10 of the injured are in serious condition. The accident happened overnight on the M3 motorway between Budapest and Miskolc.

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Police say a bus overturned in a ditch in Hungary, killing 12 people and injuring others (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Police say a bus overturned in a ditch in Hungary, killing 12 people and injuring others

  2. BBC News

    Twelve killed as Polish bus veers off Hungarian motorway (opens BBC News)

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    BBC News's feed description

    Dozens more are seriously injured after the tourist bus overturned in the early hours of Sunday morning.

  3. Philadelphia Inquirer

    A bus crash in Hungary kills 12 people, police say (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Police say a passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others

  4. Philadelphia Inquirer

    A bus crash in Hungary kills 12 people, injures at least 10 others (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Police say a passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others

  5. New York Post

    12 killed and at least 10 injured in Polish bus crash in Hungary (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The bus ran into a ditch and tipped over early on Sunday ​near the town of Mezokeresztes in eastern Hungary, police said.

  6. Al Jazeera

    At least 12 people killed in Hungary bus crash (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Bus carrying Polish tourists overturns, killing 12 people and injuring 10 others on the M3 motorway near Mezokeresztes.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Bus crash in Hungary kills at least 12 (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The driver of a bus that has crashed in Hungary, killing at least 12 people, has been arrested, police say. The bus was carrying Polish pilgrims, reports said.

  8. The Guardian

    Bus carrying Polish pilgrims crashes in Hungary, leaving 12 dead (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Another 10 people in serious condition after bus veers off motorway and overturns Twelve people have died after a bus carrying a group of Polish tourists overturned on the M3 motorway in Hungary on the way back from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  9. France 24

    Poland-registered bus veers off Hungary highway, killing 12 people (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    A crash involving a bus registered in Poland killed 12 people and severely injured at least 10 early Sunday on a Hungary highway, marking the worst accident of its kind in the country in more than 20 years.

  10. BNO News

    12 Polish pilgrims killed, 37 injured in Hungary bus crash (opens BNO News)

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    BNO News's feed description

    Twelve people have been killed and 37 others injured when a coach carrying pilgrims back to Poland crashed on a highway in Hungary, according to Polish officials. Around 10 of the injured are in serious condition. The accident happened overnight on the M3 motorway between Budapest and Miskolc.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.