At least 16 people got killed and 30 injured in a serious car crash that happened today around 5 p.m. on the highway Podgorica-Kolasin, when bus with Romanian license plates crashed in the canyon of river Morača, as reported by the TV “Vijesti”.
Previously it was reported that Bus was Ukrainian. Until 6:50 p.m. about 30 injured persons were pulled from the abyss. According to “Vijesti”, bus came out of the tunnel, broke the fence at the beginning of the bridge and stopped in a ravine about 30 to 40 meters from the road.
Police said the bus plunged from a bridge over the Moraca river during a rain storm.
The reporter of “Vijesti” at the scene reports that dead bodies can be seen on the slope. Special search and rescue teams are already at the scene.
Rescuers have made a cordon that descends through the undergrowth to pull out the injured.
Shortly before 7 p.m. helicopter was able to land in the nearby village Seoce. Police blocked one lane so the ambulance could reach the scene of the accident. The staff of the Clinical Center in Podgorica are on full alert.
“There were 46 people on board,” Interior Minister Rasko Konjevic said. Nine passengers have life-threatening injuries.
Director of Emergency Center in Podgorica Vladimir Dobričanin told TV Montenegro that 31 adults and one child were admitted to the hospital. A child has minor injuries, and other passengers are with severe injuries.
The accident occurred near the restaurant “Pocinak” and Moraca Monastery.
Sunday 23 June 2013
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