Six killed in bus crash
16/07/2006 - 12:07:21A bus crashed into a bridge pillar on a highway north of the Czech Republic’s capital Prague today, killing six people and seriously injuring at least two others, an official said.
Five people were killed on the spot and one died later in a hospital, medical emergency service spokeswoman Tereza Janeckova said.
It was not immediately clear how many people were aboard the bus, which was going from the northern Czech town of Ceska Kamenice to Prague.
The cause of the crash was under investigation.
Separately, a Czech bus flipped on to its side in Austria early today, injuring 21 people, police said. Two people were seriously hurt.
