Hungary boat collision captain involved in previous crash
By DW
09 June 2019 |
8:49 am
Hungarian prosecutors have said the cruise boat captain arrested over a collision on the Danube was already under investigation over another accident. The official death toll from the Budapest disaster has risen to 19.
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