Eleven children were feared dead after a bus taking a party of Bulgarians home from a school trip to Dubrovnik plunged into a river in a ravine in Serbia.
Fast-flowing waters in the 50-metre deep gorge of the River Lim, in the mountains between Serbia and Montenegro, were hampering rescue efforts by a specialised army unit and police divers, police said.
The bus from the Bulgarian town of Slistoft had 48 children and teachers aboard with a crew of two drivers. They had been on holiday in the Adriatic resort on the coast of Croatia.
The bus careered off the road last night. Reports said the mountain road was slick with rain.
A police statement said one body had been recovered but 10 children were still missing. A further 22 injured were in hospital in the nearby town of Prijepolje.