Zagreb - Some 60 Danish students escaped serious injury Wednesday morning when their bus overturned in western Croatia, local media said.

The passengers, mostly children aged 14-15, were travelling from Randers in Denmark to Porec, an Adriatic coast resort where Denmark plays Egypt Wednesday night at the world handball championship.

Nine passengers were taken to a hospital with slight injuries, while the rest were catered for in a youth centre in Pula, 150 kilometres west of Zagreb.

Local reports quoted the Danish driver as saying that he swerved hard to avoid a collision with another bus. (dpa)