Csongrad county police said on www.police.hu that the accident happened just before midnight on Sunday, on the M43 motorway between the Hungarian towns of Szeged and Mako, near the Romanian-Hungarian border.

“The vehicle ... broke the barrier and turned on its side and then crashed with a Romanian minibus which was heading toward Mako,” police said.

The surviving minibus passenger is in critical condition and the the truck driver is in hospital in Szeged with serious injuries, police said.

Police are investigating what caused the crash.