Five killed and 40 injured in Swiss Alps bus crash
A bus carrying a Dutch tour group overturned near Susch in eastern Switzerland, killing five adults and injuring 40 others.
Susch, Switzerland. Five people were killed and 40 others were injured when a bus carrying a Dutch tour party overturned in a remote Alpine area of eastern Switzerland, police said on Thursday. Three of the injured were in a serious condition.
Accident near Susch
Police in the canton of Grisons said the crash occurred near the village of Susch. Images published online showed the bus lying on its side beside the road, surrounded by police and emergency service personnel.
Victims and passengers
The five people killed were all adults and had not yet been identified, police said. Of the 40 injured, seven had moderately serious injuries and 30 sustained slight injuries.
Police said there were 45 adults on the bus. A spokeswoman for the General Dutch Association of Travel Companies, speaking for tour operator OAD, said 48 passengers were on board and that all were Dutch nationals.
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