A woman flees the war in Ukraine and dies in a horrific way in Italy

A bus carrying about 20 refugees from Ukraine crashed on a highway in Italy, killing a woman.

Police said the bus veered off the A14 motorway, near Cesena, near the Adriatic coast, for reasons that were initially unclear, and overturned.

The victim is a 32-year-old woman from Ukraine, who was trapped on the bus and died of her injuries.

Five other passengers were injured, not seriously, according to police.

There are children among the 20 passengers.

Firefighting teams headed to the rescue, using two special cranes to lift the bus from the side of the road.

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