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Polish bus crash survivors recovering in Croatian hospitals: audio report

08.08.2022 19:30
Several victims of Saturday's crash involving a Polish bus in Croatia have been treated in various hospitals across that country.
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Twelve people died and 32 were injured when a Polish tour bus crashed on a highway in Croatia on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022.
Twelve people died and 32 were injured when a Polish tour bus crashed on a highway in Croatia on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022.Photo: EPA/IVAN AGNEZOVIC

Two of them, hospitalised in the northwestern city of Varaždin, were in critical condition on Monday.

“The whole of Croatia shows sympathy for the families and friends of the victims," said Monika Lisicki, a Polish-Croatian nurse from Zagreb.

"That was a disastrous event … I don’t recall such a big tragedy happening here," she added.

Michał Owczarek reports...

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