AT least two people have been killed and around 20 injured after a bus smashed through a safety barrier and overturned in a Brit holiday hotspot.

The packed bus was was headed for Zagreb, Croatia with 33 passengers and two drivers on board when it skidded off the motorway and crashed, police said.

The deadly collision took place around 7.25am near a junction at Ivanić-Grad.

Zagreb county firefighters’ commander Dario Kezeric said around 20 people had been injured, some seriously.

Emergency services rushed to the scene, with an air ambulance also deployed.

Dramatic photos from the scene show the bus lying on its side by the smashed up safety barrier.

The bus had Serbian license plates and was heading south on the A3.

The major motorway leads from the Serbian border to Zagreb and towards Slovenia.

Police have launched an investigation into the deadly smash.

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