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Putin offers condolences to Hungary as teenagers die in accident in Italy

Russia’s President offered condolences to families and friends of the killed and wished soonest recovery to the injured

MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin offered condolences to Hungary’s President Janos Ader and Prime Minister Viktor Orban as Hungarian citizens died in a car accident in Italy, the Kremlin’s press service said on Saturday.

"It is especially tragic that the accident’s victims are children and teenagers," the Russian president said in a telegram.

Putin offered condolences to families and friends of the killed and wished soonest recovery to the injured.

The accident happed in the Verona Province, where a bus on the way from France smashed into a pole and caught fire. The bus was carrying teenagers between 14 and 18, at least 16 died.