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29 German tourists die in Madeira bus accident



MADEIRA: As many as 29 German tourists were killed when their bus skilled off and tumbled down a slope before crashing into a house on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

Drone footage of the aftermath of the accident showed the badly mangled wreckage of the bus resting precariously on its side against a building on a hillside, the vehicle’s roof partially crushed and front window smashed.

Rescue workers attended to injured passengers among the undergrowth where the bus came to rest, some of them bearing bloodied head bandages and bloodstained clothes, others appearing to be more seriously hurt.

Local authorities said most of the dead were in their 40s and 50s.

(Agencies)

Publish Date : 18 April 2019 10:59 AM

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