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发帖数: 901 | 1 A bus crashed into a wall in a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds
and six adults, police said Wednesday.
Another 24 students were hospitalized with injuries, Valais cantonal (state)
police spokesman Jean-Marie Bornet told The Associated Press.
The bus carrying 52 people, including 12-year-old students from two
different Belgian schools, crashed around 9 p.m. local time Tuesday inside a
tunnel on the A9 highway near Sierre, Switzerland, in the southern Swiss
canton (state) of Valais, an area of popular ski resorts in the Swiss Alps.
Authorities were still identifying all the victims, said Didier Reynders,
the Belgian foreign minister.
"It is incomprehensible. There were three buses and only one was in (an)
accident without any contact with another vehicle," Reynders said.
Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said this is "an extremely sad day for
all of Belgium."
Di Rupo is flying together with the families of the victims to Switzerland
on Wednesday, the government said.
Police said the students had spent the last few days at a ski camp and were
on their way back to the Belgian provinces of Brabant, Flanders and Limbourg.
The bus veered and hit a curb, then rammed into a concrete wall in the
tunnel, according to police. The front of the bus was heavily damaged and
blocked people from getting out. The cause of the crash has not been
determined.
"The bus hit the barrier stones on the right side of the road. It then hit
the tunnel wall front-on in an emergency stop space," police said in a
statement. "Because of the strong impact the bus was badly damaged and
several passengers were trapped in the wreckage."
Several had to be freed by rescuers.
The highway was closed in both directions to aid in the rescue. Some eight
helicopters and a dozen ambulances took victims to hospitals. Dozens of
firefighters and police, 15 doctors and three psychologists were called to
the scene.
A government spokesman said a crisis center has been set up and an emergency
number provided for families.
Police said the victims were all thought to be Belgians living in Flanders.
Belgian media reported that the children were from two towns, Lommel, east
of Antwerp, and Heverlee, near Leuven.
The Alpine city of Sierre, capital of canton Valais, is a gateway to the Val
d'Anniviers tourist region and is connected to the popular Crans-Montana
ski resort by funicular railway. | c*w
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: A bus crashed into a wall in a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds
: and six adults, police said Wednesday.
: Another 24 students were hospitalized with injuries, Valais cantonal (state)
: police spokesman Jean-Marie Bornet told The Associated Press.
: The bus carrying 52 people, including 12-year-old students from two
: different Belgian schools, crashed around 9 p.m. local time Tuesday inside a
: tunnel on the A9 highway near Sierre, Switzerland, in the southern Swiss
: canton (state) of Valais, an area of popular ski resorts in the Swiss Alps.
: Authorities were still identifying all the victims, said Didier Reynders,
: the Belgian foreign minister.
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