Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Czeching on Croatia

"8 tourists are killed after bus rolls over

ZAGREB — At least eight Czech tourists were killed and 44 ­injured when a bus crashed and overturned on a major highway in Croatia Saturday, police said. The accident happened around 4 a.m. about 125 miles south of ­Zagreb, on a highway connecting the Croatian capital with the central Adriatic coastal city of Split. Croatia’s state television said the bus crashed through metal barriers in the middle of the highway, and overturned in the opposite lane near a tunnel. Witness ­reports suggested that the driver fell asleep, officials said (AP)."