At least 21 people, including two children, were killed Tuesday, Oct. 3, when a bus plunged off a bridge straddling a railway line in Venice, a city hall spokesman told AFP.
Firefighters said the bus
caught fire after careering off a bridge linking the Mestre and Marghera
districts of the northern Italian city.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia
Meloni expressed her “profound condolences”.
“I am in contact with mayor
Luigi Brugnaro and (Transport) Matteo Salvini in order to follow the news of
this tragedy,” she said in a statement.
Brugnaro later told Italian
state television channel Rai News24 that more people were still trapped in the
wreckage.
With the rescue operation still
ongoing, the death toll is expected to climb.
"A huge tragedy struck our
community this evening," Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said on social media, saying
"numerous victims" were on board. "An apocalyptic scene, there
are no words."
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