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‘Apocalyptic’ bus crash in Venice kills 20 people

Fun VLOG October 03, 2023
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slow Press/LiveMedia/LaPress/Shutterstock (14136098h) Mestre, Italy news Hybrid bus falls from overpass and bursts into flames, 21 dead including 2 children. Underway Searches Mestra - Hybrid Bus Falls From the Overpass and Burns Down, 21 Dead, Mestre, Italy - 03 Oct 2023
About a dozen were injured and some are still missing after a horrific bus crash in a suburb of Venice (Picture: EPA)

A bus has crashed off an elevated street near the Italian city of Venice, killing at least 20 people and injuring others, authorities said.

The crash happened in Mestre, a suburb of Venice.

Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: ‘A huge tragedy struck our community this evening.’ 

He added: ‘An apocalyptic scene. I am speechless.’

Firefighters work on the site of a bus accident on October 03, 2023 in Mestre, near Venice. At least 20 people were killed Tuesday when a bus plunged off a bridge in the northern Italian city of Venice, a city hall spokesman told AFP. The crash caused
The crash caused ‘at least 20 deaths, including two children,’ the spokesman said (Picture: Getty)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Slow Press/LiveMedia/LaPress/Shutterstock (14136098j) Mestre, Italy news Hybrid bus falls from overpass and bursts into flames, 21 dead including 2 children. Underway Searches Mestra - Hybrid Bus Falls From the Overpass and Burns Down, 21 Dead, Mestre, Italy - 03 Oct 2023
Many of those onboard are believed to be Ukrainians en route to a campsite (Picture: Shutterstock)

According to local media, the bus fell a few metres before crashing close to Mestre’s railway tracks, where it caught fire.

Emergency crews were on the scene.

Italian premier Giorgia Meloni expressed her ‘deepest sorrow’ after the crash.

The bus was said to be carrying tourists from Eastern Europe from Venice back to their hotel at Marghera just minutes away from the crash site.

epa10898435 Rescue personnel works at the site where a passenger bus crashed from an elevated section in Mestre, near Venice, and landed on the railway tracks that run alongside the road, in Mestre, Italy, late 03 October 2023. At least 21 people were killed although it is feared that the number of casualties will still rise. About a dozen were injured and some are still missing. Rescue works are going on, law enforcement sources told ANSA, adding that an official death toll can not yet be announced. EPA/ANDREA MEROLA
The fire was worsened by the biomethane battery powering the hybrid bus (Picture: EPA)

It has since emerged many of those onboard were Ukrainians who were heading to a nearby campsite where they were staying.

Interior minister Matteo Piantedosi said: ‘The bus has fallen 30 metres and caught fire and what worsened the situation was that it was biomethane powered.’

Forty ambulances were sent to the scene following the crash and the Venice railway line was temporarily closed, although it has since reopened.

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