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Five Killed, 40 Injured in Bus Crash Near Swiss Alpine Village

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Five people were killed and 40 others injured after a bus carrying a Dutch tour group overturned near the Alpine village of Susch in eastern Switzerland, police said. The bus was carrying 45 adults, all of whom were Dutch nationals, according to Dutch emergency service provider Eurocross.

Three of the injured people were in serious condition, while seven suffered moderately serious injuries and 30 had minor injuries. The crash occurred on a section of road that had been closed for maintenance work, although police have not yet determined what caused the bus to overturn.

Emergency teams responded at the scene, where the bus was found lying on its side beside the road. Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima expressed their condolences to the victims, their families and those injured in the crash.

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Venice tourist bus plunges from bridge, killing 21

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A tragic incident occurred near Venice as an electric bus, carrying 39 people, crashed off a flyover, resulting in the death of at least 21 individuals, including several children. The bus broke through a barrier and plunged nearly 15 meters (50 feet) near railway tracks in Mestre, connected to Venice by a bridge. The casualties included five Ukrainians, one German, and the Italian driver.

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro described the scene as a “huge tragedy” and “apocalyptic.” CCTV footage showed the bus passing another vehicle before toppling off the road. Three children, including a baby, were among the fatalities, and the toll may rise, according to Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi. Fifteen people were injured, some seriously, including Ukrainians, Austrians, Spaniards, and other foreign tourists.

The bus, an electric vehicle, was rented to transport tourists from Venice to a campsite in the Marghera district. The cause of the accident remains unclear, with investigators examining security camera footage. The experienced 40-year-old driver may have become ill, leading to the tragic crash. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed condolences to the victims’ families.

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Croatia bus crash: Twelve Polish pilgrims killed and 32 injured

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Twelve people were killed on Saturday in Croatia when a bus transporting Polish pilgrims ran off the road and into a ditch. According to reports, all 32 still alive passengers had injuries, 19 of them badly. Three priests and six nuns were part of the journey, which was planned by the Catholic organisation Brotherhood of St. Joseph. They were going to the Bosnian Catholic site of Medjugorje.

The Polish Foreign Ministry reported that all of the passengers were adults from Poland.

When the bus they were riding in drove off the A4 road between Jarek Bisaski and Podvorec, northeast of Zagreb, the accident occurred at about 05:40 local time (04:50 GMT).

Two Polish ministers are travelling to Croatia in response to the catastrophe, and Poland’s justice minister and prosecutor general have directed the Warsaw Prosecutors Office to begin an investigation into the circumstances leading up to the disaster.

Although 11 deaths were first reported, one more passed away later in a hospital.

They were all pilgrims, mostly from the Masovian province’s Radom and Sokolow, which also contains Warsaw, the capital of Poland.

The driver was not believed to be one among the dead, according to the Polish Foreign Ministry, but this has not yet been verified. Andrej Plenkovi, the prime minister of Croatia, sent his sympathies to the relatives of the victims and said in a tweet that the emergency services were doing everything they could to assist. Poland is a very famous destination for pilgrims because of rumours that in the 1980s, local youngsters witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary there.

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