Five people died and 23 were injured early on Tuesday (June 21) when a Slovak bus swerved off the road in southern Serbia, the Interior Ministry said. <br /> <br />All injured were being treated in hospitals in the towns of Aleksinac and Nis, about 200 km (120 miles) south of Belgrade, a statement said. <br /> <br />The Slovak foreign ministry said the bus was taking holiday goers home from the Greek island of Corfu. <br /> <br />TV footage from the scene of the accident showed Serbian rescue workers carrying a stretcher with what appeared to be a body covered with white sheet. A recovery vehicle was positioned in one lane of the highway, while workers were attaching cables to tow the damaged bus away. <br /> <br />The Dennik N report said the bus was carrying 29 passengers and two drivers, including 12 Czech citizens and some Hungarians. All victims were Slovaks, it said. <br /> <br />Slovakia's Interior Ministry said it was ready to send a government plane to Serbia later in the day to bring home those uninjured and another one on Wednesday to evacuate those with more serious injuries. <br /> <br />The Serbian police statement gave no further details about the crash, saying only it happened when a bus with Slovak registration plates swerved off the highway linking Serbia with Macedonia and Greece.
