Swiss bus crash leaves 28 dead


World | 206746 hits | Mar 14 12:29 am | Posted by: Hyack
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Police say 28 people died when a bus carrying Belgian students returning from a ski holiday crashed in a tunnel in Switzerland.

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  1. by avatar martin14
    Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:08 pm
    That's about 100km from where I used to be.

    Strange crash.

  2. by avatar MeganC
    Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:31 pm
    Was the driver drunk? That just seems so weird.

  3. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:32 pm
    Jesus. The bus looks like it took a bomb blast 8O

  4. by avatar Brenda
    Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:35 pm
    I don't think we will ever know. I doubt he was drunk tho. I assume that the bus was not able to change lanes and went into the wall at full speed...

    My thoughts are with all the people affected...

    RIP...

  5. by avatar Strutz
    Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:42 pm
    More on this story...

    Swiss and Belgian media reported Thursday that survivors of the crash claimed the driver had reached to change a disc on the onboard entertainment system shortly before the crash.



  6. by Batsy
    Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:12 pm
    It was a Swiss Roll.

  7. by avatar Strutz
    Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:32 pm
    "Batsy" said
    It was a Swiss Roll.

    :| meaning?

  8. by avatar Brenda
    Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:33 pm
    "Batsy" said
    It was a Swiss Roll.

    Just... too soon...

  9. by avatar Brenda
    Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:09 pm
    I read in the Dutch paper that the autopsy has shown so far that the driver was not drunk (had no alcohol in his blood), had no medical issues, did not suffer from a heart attack, and was healthy.

    Video footage from the bus shows that he was not distracted by changing a DVD, as the rumours said. He driving below the max speed, and he did not hit the left wall.

    So far, it is still a mystery as to what happened...

  10. by Bruce_E_T
    Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:22 am
    Sounds like a steering problem to me. I was involved in an accident once (not driving) when something in the mechanism snapped and the car veered off to the left. Very sudden and unexpected. Thankfully not in a tunnel where it could be a disaster.

  11. by Batsy
    Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:45 am
    I reckon the number of famous Belgians has now tripled.



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