The facts
A bus with Serbian registration overturned on the A3 near Ivanić-Grad while travelling toward Zagreb at about 7:25 a.m. on 8 November; two people died. [1][2][3]
Croatia’s Health Ministry reported six serious injuries and 27 minor injuries, for 33 injured people; HRT reported that injured passengers were receiving care in Zagreb hospitals. [2][4]
The Croatian Firefighters Association said 33 passengers and two drivers were aboard and described an emergency response involving firefighters, medical teams and a helicopter. [1]
The cause was not established in the opened reports; Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said an investigation would determine the circumstances. [2][3]
Still unconfirmed
- The cause and precise circumstances of the rollover remain under investigation.
Sources
References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 8 Nov 2026, 12:42 UTC.
The Croatian Firefighters Association’s incident account supplies primary emergency-response details, while AP independently confirms the rollover and deaths. HRT and Index.hr report the later Health Ministry classification of six serious and 27 minor injuries. AP’s earlier report gave a lower preliminary injury count; the article uses the later ministry figures and attributes them.
- Traffic accident on the A3 motorway
Croatian Firefighters Association · Primary source
Official emergency-service account says the 8 November rollover involved 33 passengers and two drivers, with a multi-agency response. The page header displays an inconsistent 5 November publication date; only its body’s event details are used, not its publication timing.
- Two dead in A3 bus rollover; hospitals treat all passengers
HRT · Reporting · 8 Nov 2026
Croatia’s public broadcaster reports the Health Ministry’s latest count of two dead, six seriously injured and 27 with minor injuries, and quotes the prime minister saying the investigation will determine the cause.
- Bus overturns on a highway in Croatia, killing at least 2 people and injuring scores
The Associated Press · Reporting · 8 Nov 2026
Independent report confirms the Serbian-registered bus overturned on the A3, two deaths and the initial emergency response; it said the cause was not immediately clear and carried an earlier, lower preliminary injury count.
- New information: two passengers killed, both bus drivers injured
Index.hr · Reporting · 8 Nov 2026
Independent Croatian newsroom reports Health Minister Irena Hrstić’s updated classification of six seriously and 27 mildly injured, and notes both drivers were injured.