“TERRIBLE TRAGEDY”
It’s the second main multiple-casualty hearth in Switzerland in lower than three months.
Within the early hours of Jan 1, a bar within the ski resort of Crans-Montana caught hearth as individuals celebrated the New 12 months. A complete of 41 individuals died, with one other 115 injured.
“I’m shocked and saddened that individuals in Switzerland have as soon as once more misplaced their lives in a critical hearth,” Swiss President Man Parmelin stated on X.
“The circumstances are being investigated. I want to specific my condolences to the households of those that died in Kerzers. My ideas are additionally with the injured and the emergency providers.”
The bus concerned was a PostBus, a characteristic of Swiss rural life.
The distinctive yellow buses serve extra distant areas, connecting them with cities, whereas carrying letters and parcels.
They’re utilized by round half one million individuals day-after-day, notably schoolchildren.
“It’s a horrible tragedy that occurred yesterday in Chietres. Like me, all the workers of PostBus and Swiss Publish are shocked,” Stefan Regli, the CEO of PostBus, stated in an announcement.
