The Local Switzerland

Tourists leave hospital after Interlaken crash injures 17

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:07:49 +0200

Police have launched “extensive investigations” after a train crashed into a tourist bus on Friday night in Interlaken, in the canton of Bern, injuring 17.

Welsh bus crash leaves five in Swiss hospitals

Sun, 06 Sep 2015 22:51:39 +0200

Five people remained hospitalized for treatment of serious injuries on Sunday after three trucks and a Welsh bus carrying tourists crashed, injuring 41 people, on the A2 motorway in the canton of Lucerne, media reported.

Chinese tourists injured in Obwalden bus crash

Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:15:07 +0200

Eight Chinese tourists and a tour leader were injured when an Italian bus carrying 40 people crashed after leaving the road between Engelberg and Grafenort in the canton of Obwalden, police said on Thursday.

Marcus Miller Band bus crashes in Switzerland

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:02:00 +0100

A bus carrying the Marcus Miller Band, an American jazz group, crashed on Sunday on the A-2 highway in the canton of Uri, killing the driver.

Students hurt as bus ploughs into barn

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:17:00 +0200

A Fribourg public transport bus carrying 80 teenaged school children crashed into a barn in Grenilles, a village in a rural area of the canton on Thursday, injuring more than half the occupants.

Cause of fatal Swiss bus crash still unclear

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:58:00 +0200

The driver of a Belgian bus that crashed in a Swiss alpine tunnel in March killing 22 children and six adults had heart problems but it was impossible to say if they caused the accident, investigators said in a report on Thursday.

Swiss bus crash report due this month

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:32:00 +0200

The families of the Swiss coach crash that killed 22 children and six adults are to hear the findings of two expert reports on the accident later this month, ATS news agency reported on Friday.

Teacher gave driver DVD before crash: survivor

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:01:00 +0100

A Swiss bus crash which killed 22 children and six adults may have been caused by a teacher who distracted the driver by handing him a DVD film to play, a newspaper said on Sunday.

Swiss crash driver not unwell: prosecutor

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:16:00 +0100

The driver of a coach that crashed in a Swiss alpine tunnel this week, killing 28 people, did not fall
ill and no alcohol was detected in his blood, a prosecutor said on Friday, giving the results of an autopsy.

British boy among Swiss bus crash victims

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:50:00 +0100

An 11-year-old boy of dual British and Belgian nationality was among the 22 children killed in a bus crash in Switzerland this week, British officials said on Friday.

First bus crash survivors back in Belgium

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:01:00 +0100

The first survivors of a bus crash that shocked Belgium returned to a national day of mourning Friday, after grieving parents laid flowers at the Swiss Alps tunnel site where 22 school children
died.

Driver 'wanted to play DVD' just before crash

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:28:00 +0100

The driver of a bus that crashed in Switzerland, killing 22 schoolchildren and six adults, had wanted to play a DVD just before the crash, Swiss and Belgian papers reported on Thursday.

Parents visit crash site after Alps coach tragedy

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:50:00 +0100

Grieving parents laid flowers Thursday at the site of a bus crash in the Swiss Alps which killed 22 children as investigators tried to work out why the driver ploughed into a tunnel wall.

Swiss press question safety of crash tunnel

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:27:00 +0100

The Swiss press on Thursday raised questions about the safety of the tunnel where a coach crashed and killed 22 school children and six adults from Belgium as they returned from a
skiing holiday.

Relatives identifying crash victims: police

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:04:00 +0100

Relatives of victims of the coach crash that killed 22 children and six adults in a Swiss alpine tunnel as they returned from a skiing holiday arrived at the morgue Thursday to identify the bodies.

Rescuers recount 'war scene' at bus crash site

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:59:00 +0100

Seasoned rescuers and good Samaritans spoke of their shock Wednesday after battling through a "war scene" to free survivors trapped in the mangled wreckage of a school coach that crashed in Switzerland.

Agony for parents after Swiss crash tragedy

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:35:00 +0100

Faces drawn and carrying overnight bags, parents arrived at dawn at a Belgian primary school, anxious to find out if their children were among the 28 killed in a Swiss coach crash.

Belgium declares day of mourning after crash

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:18:00 +0100

Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo on Wednesday declared a national day of mourning in Belgium following the horrific coach crash in Switzerland that killed 28 people, including 22 children.

Nine Dutch children were in coach crash: ministry

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:38:00 +0100

Nine Dutch children were in the coach crash in Switzerland that killed 28 passengers, 22 of them children, said a statement Wednesday from the Dutch foreign ministry.

Swiss president to visit coach crash site: official

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:17:00 +0100

Swiss President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf will on Wednesday visit the scene of the coach crash that killed 28 people including 22 children, a spokesman for her office said.