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Emergency services say 83 injured, 7 seriously, in a bus crash near Barcelona
Emergency crews said 83 people were hurt, including seven seriously, after the bus left a winding road and fell down an embankment.
On Sunday, a bus crash near Barcelona, Spain, left 83 people injured after the vehicle fell down a 20-meter embankment.
Spanish news agency EFE reported the bus veered off a narrow, winding road in Fogars on Sunday afternoon, with the exact cause under investigation.
The Catalan medical emergency services reported 83 total injuries: seven people seriously hurt, 18 less seriously, and 58 with minor injuries.
Emergency services deployed 23 ambulances, two medical helicopters, three joint firefighter-medical teams, and three psychological support teams to the scene.
Rescue crews are searching the area to determine if there might be additional victims, according to Olga Pane, health minister of the Generalitat.
Drone photos of the fire brigade show the precarious location of a coach in Catalonia. The bus had left the road in Catalonia on Sunday afternoon and fell down a wooded slope about 20 meters deep.
The bus, which was on the mountain road in Catalonia, drove off the road after a car crash and fell from a slope, and about 80 people were injured in the accident.