Driver falling asleep is probable cause of latest coach crash, killing five

Four children and the driver were killed in yet another crash of a Polish coach abroad. Yesterday at 6 a.m. a coach carrying 43 Polish teenagers heading for Bulgaria, rolled off a cliff in the Rumanian mountains, killing five and injuring 26. Although there were three drivers on board the coach, it is believed that driver that was behind the wheel fell asleep, causing the disaster. On July 1, 19 Polish tourists were killed in a coach crash in Hungary, while three days later two Polish lives were lost in a crash in Austria. This series of tragedies led Infrastructure Minister Marek Pol to pledge on yesterday new, stricter regulation to be imposed upon drivers and coach transport companies. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1) T.J.