Twelve people were killed and more than 40 were injured in the accident, which occurred at 5.40 am on Saturday on the A4 highway in the direction of Zagreb when a bus with Polish licence plates, carrying pilgrims to the Marian shrine of Međugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, skidded off the road on the highway section between Jarek Bisaški and Podvorec, in Varaždin County.
“I have extended my his condolences to the victims’ families on behalf of the Government and informed the Polish prime minister that competent services are on the ground and that the injured passengers are being treated,” Plenković said in a Twitter post.
Latest updates from the crash here.
