A young woman was left stranded overnight at a desolate petrol station in Hungary after her coach took off without her. Kirsty Hillier, 22, got stuck in the western town of Balatonlelle during a FlixBus journey. The driver for her Budapest to Zagreb trip had stopped at a petrol station, so she went to get a hotdog.
But when she returned there was no sign of the bus - or her luggage. Kind locals came to her aid and she managed to book another journey - and locate her suitcase. Kirsty said: "One minute I was at the service station and everything was fine. Then I walked round the corner and the bus, with all my luggage on it, had gone.
"From that point on, I relied solely on the empathy and kindness of strangers to help me. My experience has really restored my faith in humanity."
