British national among at least two dead after bus crash in Montenegro

British national among at least two people dead after bus plunges into a ravine in Montenegro

• The bus crash took place on a road connecting Budva and Cetinje, Montenegro 

A British national is among at least two people who have died after a bus plunged into a ravine in Montenegro. 

Nine people were seriously injured in the crash – one of whom is in critical condition.

The bus was carrying some 30 passengers when it swerved on a steep road around noon, police said. 

Local media reported that the bus was travelling on a road connecting the town of Budva, on the Adriatic Sea coast, with Cetinje, which is located in a mountainous inland area.

‘I was listening to music and all was normal,’ one of the passengers told the state RTCG radio. ‘Then all of sudden there were screams and the sound of glass breaking.’

Rescue workers remove a bus at the accident site on a road near Cetinje, Montenegro on Tuesday September 19

A British national is among at least two people died after the bus plunged into a ravine in Montenegro. Nine people were seriously injured in the crash – one of whom is in critical condition

The bus was carrying some 30 passengers when it swerved on a steep road around noon, police said

It was not immediately clear what caused the bus to skid down some 15 metres into the ravine. 

Photos from the scene showed rescue workers holding on to a metal wire to try to reach the wreckage.

Doctors said nine people have been seriously injured, including one whose injuries are life-threatening.

Prosecutor Andjela Radovanovic told reporters that the two people killed were a British national and an unidentified woman.

Police said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the two victims died on the spot while the injured received aid in Cetinje. 

Police investigate the scene of a fatal road accident where a bus crashed into a ravine near Cetinje, Montenegro

A rescue worker takes a break while police investigate the scene of a fatal road accident where a bus crashed into a ravine

A rescue worker talks on the phone while police investigate the scene of a fatal road accident

The post said: ‘In the traffic accident, caused by the landing of a bus from the highway in which there were about 30 passengers, at least two people were killed – whose death was confirmed on the spot by HMP teams.

‘Several passengers received light and serious injuries and are receiving medical assistance.’

The seriously injured were later transferred to a hospital in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica.

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