AT least 12 people have been killed and 10 others have been injured after a horrifying tourist bus crash in Hungary.

The vehicle, reportedly carrying 57 passengers, careered off a road, hurtled into a ditch and overturned in the early hours of this morning.

epa13173207 Emergency services attend the scene after a tourist bus travelling from Poland went off the road and overturned in a ditch along the M3 motorway between Mezokeresztes and Mezonagymihaly...The horror unfolded in the early hours of Sunday Credit: EPA Tourist bus accident in HungaryA tourist bus crashed in Hungary and left at least 12 people dead Credit: EPA

The bus was travelling on the M3 motorway, near the town of Mezokeresztes, around 90 miles east of the capital Budapest.

Police claimed the driver likely fell asleep moments before the bus swerved off the road.

All of the 57 tourists on board are understood to be Polish nationals.

Shocking images showed the tourist bus wrecked and deep in a ditch following the crash.

Suitcases and belongings were seen scattered across the road after being flung from the bus during the terrifying ordeal.

The wounded victims have been rushed to hospital, local cops said.

Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski said on X that a “tragic bus accident involving Polish tourists” had taken place and that his team were working with Hungarian authorities.

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