A HORROR boat crash has left two people dead and five others missing as cops desperately search for any survivors.
A packed hotel ship collided with a small motorboat carrying eight people along the Danube river in Verőce – just 30 miles from Budapest, say Hungarian police.
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In a frantic search after the collision, two bodies were found by police late on Saturday evening.
A man was pulled out of the water onto the Danube river bank in the south of Verőce as just hours later a woman’s body washed up near the Megyeri Bridge in Hungary.
Five others – three men and two women – are still missing as firefighters, divers and police officers search along the Danube.
Disaster management teams are also said to be searching for survivors using 12 small boats, three drones and over 90 rescuers on foot.
A spokesperson for the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK), Soma Csécsi, said police were informed of the catastrophe after receiving a report that a man was found with blood pouring from his head in Verőce.
The man received urgent medical attention before being taken to the nearest hospital, said the National Ambulance Service.
Alongside the head injury, he has also damaged his collarbone and been left with minor bruises.
The motorboat that smashed into the giant 358ft cruiser was later found damaged as it was towed to shore by the emergency services.
The hotel boat was found after a few hours with a damaged hull more than 50 miles along the Danube.
It can hold up to 110 people on board but police confirmed no one on board had been injured in the freak accident.
Investigations are ongoing into the fatal collision but the BRFK have reportedly opened up criminal proceedings against an unknown suspect.
They say a person has been detained due to suspicion of endangering water transport that led to the tragic deaths.
The chilling crash comes after at least 27 people were killed in Budapest when a river cruise boat fatally collided with a smaller tourist carrier in 2019.
The tourist boat, named Hableany, sunk in seconds dragging all 35 of its terrified passengers under water.
