Bus crash in Croatia claims eight lives

The crash of a Czech bus in central Croatia early Saturday morning took the lives of eight people. According to Croatian media the dead include one young child and one of the drivers; another forty people were reportedly injured though none are said to be in critical condition. The bus was on its way from Brno carrying holidaymakers from the travel agency Atlas Adria and belongs to the company JS Bus. According to reports, the bus, carrying 51 people, first struck a pole before ramming into the median and flipping over. The cause is not yet known.