Several Dead in Dutch Coach Crash in Switzerland
Swiss police said 48 Dutch passengers were aboard the coach as investigators examined how it hit a barrier and overturned.
- A tourist coach overturned in eastern Switzerland on Thursday, leaving several people dead and others injured between the communes of Susch and Zernez in the canton of Graubuenden.
- The crash site lies near Zernez, the entry point for the Swiss national park, an Alpine reserve stretching more than 100 square kilometres across the mountainous Engadine valley.
- Swiss press identified the bus as belonging to Dutch Oad, a tour operator offering trips across Europe. Footage showed emergency responders and helicopters surrounding the overturned vehicle.
- Emergency teams were dispatched to the site in Graubuenden. The cantonal police said on X, "without giving details on the circumstances of the accident or the victims."
- Rescue workers remain at the scene in Graubuenden as investigations into the cause of the accident continue. The Thursday incident has prompted a significant emergency response in the region.
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The serious accident that occurred on Thursday afternoon in eastern Switzerland has taken on tragic proportions. Many people were killed and several others were injured when a Dutch tour bus veered off course and overturned in the Grisons area. The accident occurred shortly before 17:00, on the road between Susch and Zernez, in the canton of Grisons, in the Engadin valley. According to Swiss authorities' information so far, the bus hit a protec…
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A tourist bus with almost half a hundred Dutch passengers has turned into the Swiss canton of Grisons, the easternmost in the country, causing the death of several people and wounding more individuals, in a balance of victims that the authorities have not clarified so far.Continue reading....
An Oad excursion bus went off the road near the Swiss town of Susch on Thursday. According to the police, there were multiple fatalities and injuries. There were 49 Dutch people on the bus, including the bus driver.
After the fatal bus accident in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, the authorities mentioned the first details of the cause of the accident. At first they did not want to mention the exact number of deaths and first informed the relatives.
More than twelve hours after the serious accident involving a Dutch bus in Switzerland, the number of victims remains unclear. The Swiss police stated earlier that there were multiple fatalities and injuries, but no specific numbers were given. The police say that the next of kin must be notified first. Emergency services spent the entire evening recovering the bodies. The accident occurred yesterday late afternoon between the villages of Zern…
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