Photos: School pupils among 12 dead in Slovakia bus crash

Images from the site showed the truck lying on its side and the bus wedged in a ditch

Published: November 14, 2019 10:56 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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Copy of Slovakia_Bus_Crash_80569.jpg-00c53-1573714499965 — An injured person is taken to a hospital from the scene of a traffic accident involving a bus and a lorry on a road near the village of Malanta near Nitranske Hrnciarovce, Slovakia. Image Credit: AP

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191114 fire and rescue — The fire and rescue department said on its Facebook page that the toll was 12 dead and 17 injured. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of Slovakia_Bus_Crash_07705.jpg-e03e6-1573714508921 — A bus is pulled out after it crashed near Nitra, Slovakia. Officials said said rescue work was hampered by bad weather as Slovakia was hit by heavy rain. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Slovakia_Bus_Crash_09434.jpg-01a21~1-1573714513317 — Rescuers have deployed helicopters and sent in psychologists. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2019-11-13T161753Z_2010771284_RC2GAD9SPWMS_RTRMADP_3_SLOVAKIA-CRASH-1573714496039 — Rescue workers are seen at the site of a bus crash near the city of Nitra, Slovakia Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2019-11-13T161747Z_1172490925_RC2GAD9NHXV5_RTRMADP_3_SLOVAKIA-CRASH-1573714492670 — Nitra fire brigade spokesman Michal Varga said that the causes of the crash were unknown. Image Credit: REUTERS

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191114 rescue — The truck lying on its side with a large amount of soil and rocks strewn on the road. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2019-11-13T154534Z_1935429894_RC2FAD9QDYFR_RTRMADP_3_SLOVAKIA-CRASH-1573714519325 — Some 30 firefighters are at the scene to help the injured. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of Slovakia_Bus_Crash_06266.jpg-00d89-1573714515988 — Firefighters, police and rescuers work the scene of a traffic accident involving a bus and a lorry on a road near the village of Malanta near Nitranske Hrnciarovce, Slovakia. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Slovakia_Bus_Crash_54894.jpg-10db4-1573714510980 — Rescuers at first put the number of dead at 13, with 20 injured, before correcting the toll. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2019-11-13T170612Z_362224280_RC2HAD9DCQMJ_RTRMADP_3_SLOVAKIA-CRASH-1573714507064 — Rescue workers are seen at the site of a bus crash near the city of Nitra, Slovakia. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of Slovakia_Bus_Crash_61777.jpg-724bb-1573714503400 — An overturned bus, right, at the scene of a traffic accident involving a bus and a lorry on a road near the village of Malanta near Nitranske Hrnciarovce, Slovakia. Image Credit: AP

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