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This handout picture released by Swiss police of the Canton of Zurich (Kantonspolizei Zurich) shows the wreckage of a bus that crashed into a wall early on December 16, 2018 on motorway A3 near Zurich, killing one person and injuring 44 others. Photo: AFP
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One dead, dozens injured in coach crash in Switzerland

  • Bus travelling to Düsseldorf from Genoa in Italy went into a skid on the snowy road and crashed into a wall
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Zurich police say a tour bus on its way to Germany has crashed in Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 44 others.

The dpa news agency reported Sunday that bus travelling to Düsseldorf from Genoa in Italy crashed at 4.15am south of Zurich, a city in northern Switzerland that is the country’s financial hub.

This handout picture released by Swiss police of the Canton of Zurich (Kantonspolizei Zurich) shows the wreckage of a bus that crashed into a wall early on December 16, 2018 on motorway A3 near Zurich, killing one person and injuring 44 others. Photo: AFP

Zurich canton (state) police say the bus went into a skid on the snowy road and crashed into a wall.

They said one woman, whose identity was not immediately released, was killed and three people, including the driver, have serious injuries.

Switzerland’s 20 Minuten news site quoted authorities saying the woman who died was 37-years-old and Italian.

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