00:00Several people have been killed and others injured after a tour coach overturned on a
00:05mountain road in eastern Switzerland. The crash happened on Thursday on the road linking Sush
00:11and Zernes in the canton of Graubünden. Police confirmed several fatalities but have not yet
00:18released the exact number of victims, their nationalities or the cause of the crash.
00:23The Dutch travel industry federation ANVR said the coach belonged to the tour company OAD and was
00:30carrying 48 passengers all from the Netherlands. The group had left the Netherlands on Monday and
00:36was on a day trip to Switzerland from Austria. Emergency crews including helicopters were deployed
00:43at the scene where the coach came to rest overturn on an embankment. A police spokesman said a more
00:50detailed toll would not be released until victims' families had been informed.
00:55The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
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