Monday, June 1, 2026 - A bus carrying young athletes to a competition in Hungary veered into the opposing lane and then collided with a tree, k!lling the driver and injuring nearly two dozen, police said.
The accident occurred in the town of Hird in southwestern
Hungary at around 5:20 a.m. local time on Saturday, May 30, Baranya County
Police said in a statement, adding that the cause of the accident had not yet
been determined.
Competitors in the aerobics department at the Pécs Sports
School were traveling by rented bus to the Folyondár Street Hall in Budapest
for the second round of the Hungarian Cup on Saturday, May 30, when the bus
suddenly veered off the road in the Hird area, according to a news
release from the sports organization and management company PSN Zrt.
There were 28 people on the bus including 19 youth
competitors from the aerobics division of the nearby Pécs Sports School, as
well as three coaches, six parents and the driver.
The bus was taking the students to the second round of a
competition in the capital Budapest, around 120 miles to the north, when the
crash occurred.
Of the 28 passengers, 23 suffered injuries, police
said.
According to a statement published online by the Pécs Sports
School, all passengers on the bus were transferred to hospitals by paramedics.
One youth athlete suffered a broken femur “in addition to several broken
fingers, concussions, bruises and abrasions.”
Two coaches were also more seriously injured in the
accident, and their condition is being continuously monitored, the statement
said.
In a post on Facebook, Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok
called the accident “heartbreaking,” and offered his “sincere condolences to
the family of the deceased and wish those who were injured a speedy recovery!”
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