At least two people have been killed in a shipping accident on the Danube in Hungary. Emergency services are currently looking for several missing people in large numbers. A hotel ship probably collided with a smaller motorboat.
According to Hungarian police, the serious accident took place late on Saturday evening. Passers-by discovered a man with serious head injuries next to the Danube near Veröce (see map below) north of Budapest, but who was still responding.
“Through communication with the man, we found out that an accident must have happened on the Danube,” a police spokesperson told the press on Sunday morning. Civil protection and rescue services were then also called in to determine the location of the accident.
Two bodies and damaged boat found
A little later, emergency services came across the bodies of a man and a woman on the banks of the Danube. A damaged motorboat was also found in the immediate vicinity. According to reports, a total of eight people were present. Five passengers are still missing.
Police then stopped a hotel ship near Komárom. It was said that there was damage to the side walls. The ship’s connection is still unclear. The further background to the incident also remains open. The police headquarters in Budapest has now started the investigation. According to the online edition of the daily newspaper “Blikk”, the cruise ship is the MS Heidelberg of the German travel provider Nicko Cruises.
Source: Krone
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