AUTONEWS

Pullman from Genoa against the wall in Zurich


Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:56:06 +0100

GENEVA, DECEMBER 16 - A bus from Genoa crashed into a wall near Zurich, Switzerland. In the incident, a woman died and 44 people were injured. This was indicated by the local police, cited by the Swiss agency Keystone-Ats. The accident occurred on the A3 motorway just before 4.15am. The bus skidded and then crashed into a wall, according to the Zurich cantonal police. The vehicle, belonging to a subsidiary of the Flixbus transport company, was headed for Düsseldorf, Germany. At the moment the highway is blocked in both directions of circulation between Brunau and Wiedikon. The identity of the victim has not yet been made known and among the injured at least three people, including the bus driver, have suffered serious injuries, says Keystone-Ats. The causes of the accident are unknown at the moment, but early this morning it snowed in several regions north of the Alps.