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Hungarian court orders 30-day detention of Polish bus driver after fatal M3 highway crash
Twelve killed as Polish tourist bus overturns on Hungarian motorway near Budapest
A Hungarian court on Tuesday ordered the pretrial detention of a Polish bus driver for 30 days after a fatal crash on the M3 highway that killed 12 people and injured dozens, according to statements from the Miskolc District Court and prosecutors.
The driver, who was transporting 57 Polish pilgrims and a second driver from Bosnia and Herzegovina, allegedly fell asleep at the wheel due to fatigue, causing the bus to veer off the road, cross the emergency lane, and overturn on a slope near Mezőkeresztes early Sunday, prosecutors said. The court cited the risk of flight, concealment, or tampering with evidence as grounds for detention, noting the severity of the potential sentence—2 to 8 years in prison for negligently causing a fatal traffic accident—and the driver’s foreign nationality.
Prosecutors in Hungary’s Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén region confirmed the driver has not yet made a statement. His defense attorney, Robert M., told the Hungarian news outlet Blikk that the case is in its initial stages and that the court’s decision was difficult but ultimately resulted in the 30-day detention, subject to review. The defense had requested supervised release instead.
Of the 57 passengers, 12 died, 10 remain in critical condition, and 20 suffered serious injuries requiring over eight days of treatment, according to Hungarian authorities. Eighteen injured Poles remain in Hungarian hospitals, while 22 have been or will be repatriated, including a first group flown to Poland on Monday evening via a government aircraft, said Teresa Kubas-Hul, governor of Poland’s Podkarpackie Voivodeship. Five lightly injured passengers were discharged and returned home with relatives.
Hungarian police ruled out alcohol or drug impairment as factors in the crash. The bus was en route to Poland when it overturned around 1 a.m. local time Sunday. Investigators in Poland’s Krosno District Prosecutor’s Office have also opened a parallel probe into the incident, requesting evidence from Hungarian authorities, including inspection protocols of the bus, victims’ autopsies, and witness statements.
The driver’s detention order is not yet final, as both he and his attorney have appealed the decision. Hungarian law allows suspects to be held for up to 72 hours without a court order, prompting prosecutors to seek pretrial detention to prevent potential flight or interference with the investigation.
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