Dozens killed in Italy bus crash
Dozens killed in Italy bus crash
At least 24 people have died after a bus plunged more than 15 metres off a viaduct in southern Italy, officials say.
Eleven people have been pulled out alive from the stricken coach and taken to hospital, some with serious injuries, a spokesman for the fire service said.
The Italian news agency ANSA quoted firefighters among the rescuers as also saying at least 11 people were injured in the crash on Sunday night on the 116 autostrada near Avellino, about 250km south of Rome.
Italian television quoted people at the scene as saying about 49 people were on the bus, which was reportedly filled with Italian pilgrims returning from an excursion elsewhere in the south.
Highway police said the bus crashed into cars that had been slowed by heavy traffic.
"The situation is dramatic," ANSA quoted a rescue official as saying. Several other vehicles have also reportedly been involved in the accident.
Rescue operations are ongoing.
"The region is among the mountains, so it's quite difficult to reach which makes rescue ops very challenging," Stefano Liberti, a local journalist, told Al Jazeera.
Dozens killed in Italy bus crash
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