17 hurt in Serbia bus accident

Seventeen people were injured Thursday in a bus crash on the highway linking Serbia with Hungary.

BELGRADE, January 14, 2010 (AFP) - Seventeen people were injured Thursday in a bus crash on the highway linking Serbia with Hungary, the Beta news agency reported.

At least one person suffered from severe injuries after the bus turned over as it crossed a bridge over the Danube river, some 70 kilometers (42 miles) north of the capital Belgrade, the report said.

The injured were hospitalised in the town of Novi Sad. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident.