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BRATISLAVA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people were killed and 17 others injured in a traffic accident in Slovakia's western Nitra region on Wednesday, local media reported.
The accident, involving a bus and a lorry, happened on the I/65 road near the village of Malanta, according to TASR news agency.
"We register 12 dead -- four of them are minors, and 17 injured. There are firemen from Nitra, Trnava, Bratislava and Banska Bystrica regions," Interior Minister Denisa Sakova was quoted by TASR as saying.
