Bulgarian Truck, Tourist Bus Crash in Austria, 16 Hurt

Society | February 25, 2008, Monday // 00:00

A total of 16 people have been injured in a heavy crash between a Bulgarian truck and a tourist bus that occurred Sunday night in Vienna.

According to immediate reports the bus was transporting Romanian tourists.

The condition of five of the passengers hurt remains critical, medical workers reported.

A four-year-old child is also among those hurt in the severe hit.

The bus veered into the opposite lane and overturned when the lorry with Bulgarian license plates pounced on it.

Dozens of rescue and medical teams have immediately arrived on the spot.

The reasons for the accident are still under investigation.

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