A boat carrying migrants capsized on Croatia’s Sava River near Slavonski Brod, killing three and injuring eight. Dense fog and illegal border crossing attempts were cited. A Bosnian man was hospitalized, suspected of people smuggling along the Balkan migrant route

Zagreb: A boat carrying migrants overturned early on Thursday on the Sava river in eastern Croatia, killing at least three people and injuring eight, officials said.

The accident happened in the eastern town of Slavonski Brod, by the border with Bosnia. Migrants were apparently trying to cross the Sava River in dense fog when their boat capsized, rescuers told HRT state television.

Firefighter Ivan Vuleta said emergency services received a call around 5:30 a.m. that people were in the river and they rushed to the scene in res

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