FORLI-(MaraviPost)-A bus ferrying about 50 refugees from Ukraine has overturned on a major highway in northern Italy, killing one passenger and injuring several others.
The accident occurred on the highway between Cesena and Rimini, on the north eastern coast and the fire fighters were working on putting down the fire.
The victim was identified as a woman and the rest of those aboard were safely evacuated, The Star reported.
The bus’s destination was not immediately clear but no serious injuries were reported following the accident.
Some 35,000 Ukrainians refugees who fled the war have entered Italy, most of them through its north-eastern border with Slovenia.
Forli is in the region of Emilia-Romagna, which borders the Adriatic Sea and which so far has taken in some 7,000 refugees.
In seperate incident on Sunday, Russian carried an airstrike on a military training base in western Ukraine killed at least nine people and wounded 57 others.
The UN’s human rights office has confirmed that about 564 civilians, including 41 children have died in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began.
On the other hand, more than 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine amid the invasion and nearly 15,000 soldiers have been killed so far
