Runaway coach kills 16 in Bulgaria

At least 16 people died when an out-of-control bus ploughed into a religious festival in Bulgaria today.

Police said the coach, which was carrying 19 elderly people from a local care home, could not stop as it came down a mountain pass, hitting a crowd of people climbing to the peak on their way to attend a traditional Ascension Day feast near the city of Yambol, around 160 miles from the capital Sofia.

Yambol Mayor Georgi Slavov said 16 people were killed and at least 20 were taken to hospital.

Four of the injured are in a serious condition, including one of the passengers, an 82-year-old woman.