Heroic bus driver died in a ’complete inferno’ saving Alps passengers

A heroic bus driver died in a "complete inferno" after deciding to drive straight into boulders on a narrow mountain road to try to save his passengers, an inquest heard.

Heroic bus driver died in a ’complete inferno’ saving Alps passengers

A heroic bus driver died in a "complete inferno" after deciding to drive straight into boulders on a narrow mountain road to try to save his passengers, an inquest heard.

Maurice Wrightson, 63, from the UK, had been descending the precarious D211 road from French ski resort Alpe d’Huez with a coach full of British resort staff on April 16, 2013.

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