Ukrainian refugee killed when bus she was in veered off motorway in Italy after she fled Russian invasion

A WOMAN has died as she fled the Russian invasion after a bus carrying around 50 Ukrainian refugees veered off a motorway and overturned in Italy. Several people are also reportedly injured following the crash early this morning on the A14 highway in the Emilia-Romagna region. SplashA woman has died after a bus carrying Ukrainian refugees overturned[/caption] APItalian firefighters used two cranes to stand the vehicle back up[/caption] Firefighters used two cranes in an operation to set the bus upright and free those trapped inside. According to local news outlets, the rest of those aboard were safety evacuated Italian state radio said there were several injured in the accident on the A14 autostrada near Forli’, a town in the Emilia-Romagna region in northeastern Italy. It said the rest of those aboard were safely evacuated. The bus landed on its side on a grassy slope just beyond a highway guardrail and near a farm field close to the town of Forli in northeastern Italy. Read more on Ukraine Italy’s Interior Ministry said the bus had set out from Ukraine and was heading south to Pescara, an Adriatic port city, when it overturned. The passengers were taken to a nearby police barracks for initial assistance, and would later resume their journey, the ministry said. Some 35,000 Ukrainians refugees who have fled the war raging on for the 18th day in their homeland have entered Italy, most of them through its northeastern border with Slovenia. What caused the bus to overturn was under investigation.