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The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has confirmed that all ten passengers of a minibus that crashed near Bratoszewice in Lodz Voivodeship in Poland were citizens of Ukraine.

“According to the latest specified data, there were ten people
including the driver in the minibus that crashed in Poland. All of them
are citizens of Ukraine, residents of Ternopil region that went to
Poland for employment,” the spokesman for the ministry, Oleksandr
Dykusarov, said.

According to him, nine passengers, including three men and seven women, were killed in the accident.

“Nine people were killed in the accident and one Ukrainian woman was
hospitalized. The Ukrainian consul is working on the scene of the
accident to find out the cause of the accident and is dealing with
issues related to identification of the bodies of the victims and
sending them to their native country,” he said.

As reported, a train crashed into a minibus on an unregulated railway
crossing near Bratoszewice in Lodz Voivodeship in Poland. There were
ten people in the minibus.