
Dutch tour bus overturns between Susch and Zernez in the Graubünden region, leaving dozens injured.
Five people died and dozens were injured when a Dutch tourist coach crashed and overturned in the south-eastern Swiss Alps between Susch and Zernez on Thursday.
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A Dutch tour bus crashed in a roadworks area in the Graubünden region of Switzerland on Thursday afternoon.
Five people have died and dozens are injured after a tourist coach crashed in the south-eastern Swiss Alps, police say.
The Dutch tour bus hit a safety barrier in a roadworks area, left the road and overturned between Susch and Zernez in the Graubünden region late on Thursday afternoon.
Swiss police said on Friday that the deceased had not yet been identified.
They added that the other 40 people on board the coach - whose injuries ranged from serious to minor - had been transported to hospitals by rescue helicopters and ambulance crews.
The coach reportedly left the Netherlands on Monday and was on a day trip to Switzerland from Austria when the crash happened.
Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten said his thoughts were everyone involved, and King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima said their hearts went out to everyone affected by "this great tragedy".
Swiss President Guy Parmelin posted on X that he was "deeply shocked" by the incident and offered his "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims.

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