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

Last updated:
1/12
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.
AP
2/12
The fire and rescue department said on its Facebook page that the toll was 12 dead and 17 injured.
Reuters
3/12
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.
AP
4/12
Rescuers have deployed helicopters and sent in psychologists.
AP
5/12
Rescue workers are seen at the site of a bus crash near the city of Nitra, Slovakia
Reuters
6/12
Nitra fire brigade spokesman Michal Varga said that the causes of the crash were unknown.
REUTERS
7/12
The truck lying on its side with a large amount of soil and rocks strewn on the road.
Reuters
8/12
Some 30 firefighters are at the scene to help the injured.
Reuters
9/12
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.
AP
10/12
Rescuers at first put the number of dead at 13, with 20 injured, before correcting the toll.
AP
11/12
Rescue workers are seen at the site of a bus crash near the city of Nitra, Slovakia.
Reuters
12/12
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.
AP

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