28 dead as children's bus crashes in Swiss tunnel

Twenty-eight people, 22 of them children, were killed when a bus taking Belgian pupils back from a skiing holiday crashed in a Swiss tunnel, police said today.

28 dead as children's bus crashes in Swiss tunnel
Wed, 14 Mar, 2012 - 07:22

Twenty-eight people, 22 of them children, were killed when a bus taking Belgian pupils back from a skiing holiday crashed in a Swiss tunnel, police said today.

Valais police spokesman Jean-Marie Bornet said a total of 52 people were on board the bus.

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