Several Dead in Dutch Coach Crash in Switzerland
Police said 48 Dutch passengers were aboard, and investigators are examining why the coach struck 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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Five killed, 40 injured in Swiss alpine bus crash
Five people were killed and 40 injured in a bus crash near an alpine village in Switzerland, police said. The accident happened on Thursday between the communes of Susch and Zernez in the far-eastern canton of Graubunden. The coach hit a safety barrier before overturning and plunging down an embankment, a local police spokesman told Swiss media. The Dutch Federation of Travel Agencies said the coach belonged to the tour company Oad and was carry…
The accident took place on Thursday near Susch, Switzerland. The vehicle, carrying 48 Dutch tourists, hit a safety slide before toppling. The road was partially closed for work.
Five people have died in the accident involving a Dutch tour bus in Switzerland. Forty passengers were injured, three of whom were seriously injured and seven “moderately injured”. This was reported by the police of the Swiss canton of Graubünden. A boulder may have been lying on the road. The driver drove the route frequently and therefore knew it well, according to his wife. The Dutch ambassador is on the scene.
Five people are known to have died when a tourist bus crashed in the Swiss Alps
Five people have died, and around 40 others have been injured after a tourist coach overturned in the Swiss Alps. The Dutch-registered bus crashed late on Thursday afternoon while travelling between Susch and Zernez in the Graubünden region. Police said the coach struck a barrier in an area affected by roadworks before leaving the road and overturning. The identities of those who died have not yet been released. Three of the survivors are unders…
Today, on Friday, the Swiss police announced that five people had been killed and 40 injured, following the coup d ' état of a Dutch tourist bus in a remote area of the Alps in eastern Switzerland. Associated Press told the police that: the incident occurred near the village of Soch, indicating that three injured were in critical health condition.
A Dutch tour bus crashed and overturned in the Graubünden region of Switzerland on Thursday afternoon.
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