Sierre, Switzerland – In Photos: Horrific Swiss Bus Crash Kills 28

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    The wreckage of a tourist bus from Belgium is dragged by a tow truck outside the tunnel of the motorway A9 next to the place of the crash, right in green, in Sierre, western Switzerland, early, 14 March 2012. Twenty-eight people were killed, six adults and 22 children, according to local authorities.  EPA/LAURENT GILLIERONSierre, Switzerland – A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps in a horrific accident that killed 22 school children and six adults returning to Belgium from a joyous ski vacation.

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    The bus carrying 52 people, including students of around age 12 from two different Belgian schools, hit the tunnel wall shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday night on a highway near the southern town of Sierre, Switzerland, in an area of popular ski resorts.

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    12 years ago

    Oy, nebach. How terrible.

    kingizzy
    kingizzy
    12 years ago

    What a tragedy!!! I hope the families find some comfort!!

    12 years ago

    Nebech, so many innocent children killed.

    ModernLakewoodGuy
    ModernLakewoodGuy
    12 years ago

    This is horrible… and what a fatal design flaw in this tunnel, a wall that the bus slammed into right off the tunnel shoulder.

    Reb Yid
    Reb Yid
    12 years ago

    What a terrible design. Similar to overpass walls near exit ramps on many highways, like the Southern State Parkway.

    12 years ago

    Horrible, horrible accident, which should not have occurred; unfortunately, the modern day motor coach type buses are not built that strongly, as they disintegrate upon impact. Years ago, Greyhound used to have very heavy type vehicles. Today, if one looks at interstate highway buses both here and abroad, they are constructed very lightly to save on fuel. In addition, there are no air bags or seat belts in such vehicles, as there are in private cars. In the USA, the NTSB has recommended mandatory use of seat belts in intercity buses, but the bus industry and its lobbyists has fought against their usage. Getting back to the Europeans, I cannot specifically comment on this accident. However, I distinctly remember being a passenger on a tour bus on the Simplon pass, between Italy and Switzerland. The macho, fool, driver was showing off for the ladies, and steering on a dangerous mountain road, with one or two fingers, while the bus was going downhill!