At least 13 people were killed and more than 30 others injured when a passenger bus overturned on a highway in North Macedonia on Wednesday, health minister said. “Thirteen people were killed,” Minister Venko Filipce told reporters. Around 50 people were on the bus. A public prosecutor said it had launched a probe into the accident that occurred “when a bus of the company ‘Durmo Tours’… crossed the barrier on the opposite side of the highway, then veered off the road and overturned near the village of Laskarci”. Since Tuesday former Macedonia has been known by its new name the Republic of North Macedonia following its historic agreement with neighbouring Greece(AFP)DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON

Source: Punch February 13, 2019 20:26 UTC