Bus passenger narrowly prevents 300ft alpine plunge after driver loses consciousness

The passenger managed to stop the vehicle at the point its front end was hanging over an Alpine abyss.

A bus passenger has narrowly averted tragedy in Austria after the driver lost consciousness, helping to stop the vehicle at the point its front end was hanging over an Alpine abyss.

Police said the driver fainted on Saturday as the bus, which carried 24 people on board, mainly French tourists, was heading downhill from a pasture around 6,600ft above sea level, east of the city of Innsbruck.