Authorities said after an investigation that the driver of the bus had been arrested after he apparently lost control over the vehicle after briefly falling asleep
“He said he fell asleep for a moment,” local deputy prosecutor Slavko Pranjic said, according to Index news portal in Croatia.
Officials said the bus was carrying 67 passengers, including children, and two drivers, one of whom died in the crash. Local police chief Franjo Galic described the crash as “one of the worst accidents I have ever seen.” Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic expressed “sadness and grief” and extended his condolences to the relatives of the people who died in the crash and the people of Kosovo.Croatian President Zoran Milanovic also expressed condolences and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
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