A Poland-registered bus carrying pilgrims to a shrine in Bosnia skidded from a highway in northern Croatia early Saturday, killing at least 12 people and injuring several others, police and officials
said.
Croatia's state HRT television reported that about 30 people were injured, many seriously. It said the most likely cause of the crash was the driver falling asleep. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the bus was taking pilgrims to the Catholic shrine in Medjugorje, a town in southern Bosnia. The shrine is Europe's third-most popular pilgrimage destination after Lourdes and Fatima, although the Vatican has not verified any of the reported miracles that witnesses claimed to have seen there.
Croatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinic said the bus originated from "a place near Warsaw" and that "according to some information," it was carrying pilgrims to Medjugorje.
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