emirates7 - A dozen people were killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway in eastern Hungary, Peter Magyar, Prime Minister of Hungary, said in a Facebook post.

The ‌bus ran into ‌a ditch and ‌tipped ⁠over early on ⁠Sunday near the town of Mezokeresztes in eastern Hungary, police said, adding that the bus was heading towards the city of Nyiregyhaza on the ⁠motorway when the accident ‌happened.

"A Polish-registered bus travelling on the M3 motorway towards Nyiregyhaza ... veered off the straight ‌stretch of road into a ditch and overturned. Preliminary ⁠information ⁠suggests the driver likely fell asleep," police said on their website.