Italy: At least 38 dead after tour bus drives off highway and into a ravine

Posted on July 29, 2013 • Filed under: Italy, Tourists Injured, Tourists Killed

The Washington Post reports that an Italian tour bus plowed through cars, crashed through the side wall of a highway bridge and plunged into a ravine, killing at least 38 people, authorities said Monday. Rescuers wielding electric saws cut through the twisted wreckage of the bus looking for survivors overnight, and state radio quoted a local police chief as saying the bus driver was among the dead. Read article

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