Twenty injured - five seriously - after Austrian bus overturns on slope

Twenty people on an Austrian bus were injured - five of them seriously - on Friday when their vehicle went off the road and overturned on a slope near the south Bohemian town of Rozmberk nad Vltavou. The bus driver was reportedly trying to avoid a passing car, leading to the accident. A police spokeswoman said that a total of 34 people, including the driver, were aboard. The injured were taken by ambulance to a local hospital, but one badly hurt passenger had to be taken by helicopter.

Austrian authorities have been advised, while police are searching for the other vehicle in the incident. Passengers who escaped unscathed in the accident are waiting for a replacement bus; a psychologist, together with a translator, will reportedly also be on hand.