RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Australia - Biological Hazard

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-02-22, 04:16:59 [UTC] Ref.no.: BH-20100222-25022-AUS Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-02-22 at 12:23:18 [UTC] Event: Biological Hazard Location: Australia State of Queensland Mackay Beaches Number of Deads: 6 person(s) Number of Injured: 37 person(s) Situation: A bus slammed into two trucks on an Austrian highway, killing six people and injuring 37 others, authorities said Monday. The accident occurred around midnight Sunday near the township of Heiligenkreuz, police in Lower Austria province said. Police official Willy Konrath said 20 people were badly hurt while 17 suffered minor injuries. An investigation is under way to identify the dead and determine what caused the collision, he added. Austrian media reported that the bus was carrying passengers from Kosovo and was en route to Germany. But police could only confirm that the bus had a German license plate and that the trucks involved were from Romania and Slovakia. The injured were taken to hospitals in the area. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu