The crashed bus caught fire immediately after falling on the railway tracks. Due to the accident, the train service between Mestra and Venice was suspended.
In Venice, a passenger bus fell from an overpass from a height of 15 m onto the tracks running along the route, killing 21 people, including two children. Rai wrote this on Tuesday, October 3.
It was reported that 12 other passengers were injured, and five people were missing.
As the portal writes, the bus ran into methane and immediately after falling it caught fire.
“Firefighters are still trying to put out the fire,” ANSA said.
The bus was carrying people on their way home from work, some of them with Ukrainian passports, Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said: “There were also some children. Many were rescued, and we are trying to get people out of the bus.”
“I declared mourning in the city in memory of the many victims. An apocalyptic scene, there are no words,” added the mayor of Venice.
It should be noted that the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Maloney expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims. The head of government said he was in regular contact with the mayor of Venice and the transport minister.
On the Cetinje-Budva highway (Montenegro), a passenger bus fell into a ravine. At least two people died as a result of the accident.
We remind you that in Austria on the morning of September 19, a regular bus carrying 40 passengers overturned. As a result of the accident, one person died and many were injured, including Ukrainians.
Earlier, as a result of a traffic accident on a bus in Romania, 15 Ukrainians were injured, eight of them were hospitalized.
Source: korrespondent
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