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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.
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The fire and rescue department said on its Facebook page that the toll was 12 dead and 17 injured.
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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.
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Rescuers have deployed helicopters and sent in psychologists.
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Rescue workers are seen at the site of a bus crash near the city of Nitra, Slovakia
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Nitra fire brigade spokesman Michal Varga said that the causes of the crash were unknown.
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The truck lying on its side with a large amount of soil and rocks strewn on the road.
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Some 30 firefighters are at the scene to help the injured.
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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.
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Rescuers at first put the number of dead at 13, with 20 injured, before correcting the toll.
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Rescue workers are seen at the site of a bus crash near the city of Nitra, Slovakia.
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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.
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