Several dead after coach overturns in Swiss Alps, police say

Emergency personnel respond to an accident involving a tour bus near Susch, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland (Jon Duschletta/AP)
Emergency personnel respond to an accident involving a tour bus near Susch, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland (Jon Duschletta/AP)
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A Dutch coach overturned in eastern Switzerland in a serious accident that left several people dead and others injured, police said.

The vehicle overturned between the villages of Susch and Zernez in the Alpine canton of Graubuenden, and rescue teams were responding to the scene, authorities said.

The police did not specify the number of dead and injured.

Switzerland Bus Accident
Emergency personnel respond to an accident involving a coach near Susch, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland (Jon Duschletta/AP)

According to Swiss media, 48 people were on the coach.

A spokeswoman for ANVR, a Dutch travel industry association, told the Blick newspaper that the passengers were Dutch.

A police spokesman said that the coach collided with the crash barrier and then overturned.

No other vehicles were believed to be involved.

Several ambulances and five helicopters were deployed to the location, according to Swiss media.

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