Venice bus crash: At least 20 dead as vehicle plunges from bridge in Mestre

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Venice bus crash: At least 20 dead as vehicle plunges from bridge in Mestre

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At least 20 people have died after a bus fell off a flyover near the Italian city of Venice, local officials say.

The bus broke through a barrier and plunged about 10m onto railway tracks in the district of Mestre on the Italian mainland, which is connected to Venice by a bridge, local media said.

Rescue workers are on the scene. Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said a "huge tragedy" had taken place.

"An apocalyptic scene, there are no words," he said on X, formerly Twitter.

A Venice city hall spokesman told AFP the victims included two children.

Read More: BBC News

 

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Terrible. I just read it on euro news too. 

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Seems like that was a fully electric bus. Authorities are looking into this, into the guradrails but also a posibility of the driver, who also died, falling ill.

https://apnews.com/article/italy-bus-crash-victims-venice-dcde9f5c2b39f19dace8317caa9ebbba