At least 11 killed in Croatia bus accident

A Poland-registered bus skidded from a highway in northern Croatia early Saturday, killing at least 11 people and injuring several others, police said. Croatian police said on Twitter that “in the skidding of a bus with Polish license plates, according to initial information from the field, 11 people died and several were injured."

The accident happened at 5:40 a.m. local time, some 50 kilometers north of Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, on the A-4 highway, which is busy during the peak of the tourist season. Rescue teams were sent to the location of the accident, Croatian media reported. No other details were immediately available.