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 people were killed and 40 others injured when a coach carrying Dutch tourists in eastern Switzerland flipped over, police said on Friday
The coach "veered off the road in a construction zone and overturned", Graubunden police said in a statement, adding that "of the 45 adults on board, five died".Three people had also been seriously hurt, seven had moderately serious injuries and...
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