Photos: Bus Crash in Italy Kills 38
July 29, 2013
A damaged coach is seen after a crash near the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. At least 36 people died after the bus plunged more than 15 metres (49 feet) off a viaduct in southern Italy on Sunday, a spokesman for the fire service said. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ( ITALY-CRASH )
Friends and relatives of the victims of the A16 motorway coach crash react near an elementary school facility turned into a morgue on July 29, 2013 in Monteforte Spino, Italy. The coach was carrying about 48 people, including children, when it crash at around 8:30pm local time. At least 38 people are believed to have been killed in the crash. (Photo by Getty Images) ( 174888509 )
A firefighter looks at the wreckage of a bus which crashed off a highway near Avellino, southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2013. Rescuers wielding electric saws cut through the twisted wreckage of an Italian tour bus for survivors of a crash in southern Italy that killed at least 37 people after it crashed into traffic and plunged into a ravine on Sunday night. Reports said as many as 49 people, mostly Italians, had been aboard the bus when it ripped through a guardrail, then plunged some 30 meters (100 feet) off a viaduct near a wooded area. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta) ( Italy Bus Plunges )
A view of a cross and roses left among the wreckage of a bus which plunged off a motorway after a crash on the road between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano, in southern Italym, on July 29, 2013. A coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway flyover near Naples in southern Italy, killing at least 39 people in one of the worst such accidents in Europe in recent years. ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 521726662 )
People gather outside a gym facility of an elementary school turned into a morgue, in Monteforte Irpino southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2013. An Italian tour bus crushed Sunday night through a sidewall of a highway bridge in southern Italy, and plunged some 30 meters (100 feet) into a wooded ravine, killing at least 38 people, authorities said Monday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ( Italy Bus Plunges )
Debris lies on the ground after a coach plunged from a flyover on the A16 motorway between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano on July 29, 2013 near Baiano, Italy. The coach was carrying about 48 people, including children, when it plunged 30 meters off the flyover at around 8:30pm local time on Sunday. At least 38 people are believed to have been killed in the crash. (Photo by Getty Images) ( 174888065 )
A damaged car is seen after a coach crash near the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. At least 36 people died after the bus plunged more than 15 metres (49 feet) off a viaduct in southern Italy on Sunday, a spokesman for the fire service said. The coach was said to have collided with several cars before falling over the viaduct. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ( ITALY-CRASH/ )
People look at debris scattered in a ravine after a coach plunged from a flyover on the A16 motorway between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano on July 29, 2013 near Baiano, Italy. The coach was carrying about 48 people, including children, when it plunged 30 meters off the flyover at around 8:30pm local time on Sunday. At least 38 people are believed to have been killed in the crash. (Photo by Getty Images) ( 174888204 )
Friends and relatives of the victims of the A16 motorway coach crash react near an elementary school facility turned into a morgue on July 29, 2013 in Monteforte Spino, Italy. The coach was carrying about 48 people, including children, when it crash at around 8:30pm local time. At least 38 people are believed to have been killed in the crash. (Photo by Getty Images) ( 174888506 )
A firefighter walks at the site of a coach crash near the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. Thirty-nine people were killed and around 10 injured when the bus plunged off a viaduct in southern Italy in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta described on Monday as a huge tragedy. Initial reports suggested that the coach was travelling at speed and had hit four or five cars before crashing over the roadside barriers on a stretch of road near Monteforte Irpino, east of Naples, on Sunday night. There were around 50 people on board, including many children. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ( ITALY-CRASH/ )
A damaged coach is seen after a crash near the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. At least 36 people died after the bus plunged more than 15 metres (49 feet) off a viaduct in southern Italy on Sunday, a spokesman for the fire service said. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ( ITALY-CRASH )
The site of a coach crash is seen near the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. Thirty-nine people were killed and around 10 injured when the bus plunged off a viaduct in southern Italy in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta described on Monday as a huge tragedy. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ( ITALY-CRASH/ )
The viaduct where a coach plunged off is seen near the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. Thirty-nine people were killed and around 10 injured when a bus plunged off a viaduct in southern Italy in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta described on Monday as a huge tragedy. Initial reports suggested that the coach was travelling at speed and had hit four or five cars before crashing over the roadside barriers on a stretch of road near Monteforte Irpino, east of Naples, on Sunday night. There were around 50 people on board, including many children. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ( ITALY-CRASH )
The site of a coach crash is pictured in the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. Thirty-nine people were killed and around 10 injured when the bus plunged off a viaduct in southern Italy in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta described on Monday as a huge tragedy. Initial reports suggested that the coach was travelling at speed and had hit four or five cars before crashing over the roadside barriers on a stretch of road near Monteforte Irpino, east of Naples, on Sunday night. There were around 50 people on board, including many children. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ( ITALY-CRASH/ )
A hat stuck on a fence is seen at the site where a coach crashed after plunging off a viaduct near the southern town of Avellino July 29, 2013. Thirty-nine people were killed and around 10 injured when a bus plunged off a viaduct in southern Italy in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta described on Monday as a huge tragedy. Initial reports suggested that the coach was travelling at speed and had hit four or five cars before crashing over the roadside barriers on a stretch of road near Monteforte Irpino, east of Naples, on Sunday night. There were around 50 people on board, including many children. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ( ITALY-CRASH )
Firefighters work on the wreckage of a bus that plunged off the A16 highway near Avellino, southern Italy, early Monday, July 29, 2013. A tour bus filled with Italians plunged off a highway and fell into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night killing at least 37 people, police and rescuers said. Reports said as many as 49 people had been aboard the bus when it ripped through a guardrail after slamming into cars slowed down by traffic, then plunged some 30 meters (100 feet) off the highway and into a ravine near a wooded area. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ( Italy Bus Plunges )
A view of the driving wheel of a bus which crashed off a highway near Avellino, southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2013. Rescuers wielding electric saws cut through the twisted wreckage of an Italian tour bus for survivors of a crash in southern Italy that killed at least 37 people after it crashed into traffic and plunged into a ravine on Sunday night. Reports said as many as 49 people, mostly Italians, had been aboard the bus when it ripped through a guardrail, then plunged some 30 meters (100 feet) off a viaduct near a wooded area. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta) ( Italy Bus Plunges )
People comfort each other outside a gym facility of an elementary school turned into a morgue, in Monteforte Irpino southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2013. An Italian tour bus crushed Sunday night through a sidewall of a highway bridge in southern Italy, and plunged some 30 meters (100 feet) into a wooded ravine, killing at least 38 people, authorities said Monday. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta) ( Italy Bus Plunges )
A view of the driving wheel of a bus which crashed off a highway near Avellino, southern Italy, Monday, July 29, 2013. Rescuers wielding electric saws cut through the twisted wreckage of an Italian tour bus for survivors of a crash in southern Italy that killed at least 37 people after it crashed into traffic and plunged into a ravine on Sunday night. Reports said as many as 49 people, mostly Italians, had been aboard the bus when it ripped through a guardrail, then plunged some 30 meters (100 feet) off a viaduct near a wooded area. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta) ( Italy Bus Plunges )
A view of destroyed passenger seats among the wreckage of a bus which plunged off a motorway after a crash on the road between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano, in southern Italym, on July 29, 2013. A coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway flyover near Naples in southern Italy, killing at least 39 people in one of the worst such accidents in Europe in recent years. ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 521726669 )
A view of destroyed passenger seats among the remains of a bus which plunged off a motorway after a crash on the road between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano, in southern Italym, on July 29, 2013. A coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway flyover near Naples in southern Italy, killing at least 39 people in one of the worst such accidents in Europe in recent years. ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 521726678 )
A bus lies on its side after plunging off a highway near Avellino, southern Italy, Sunday, July 28, 2013. A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffic, killing at least 37 people, said police and rescuers. Flashing signs near Avellino, outside Naples, had warned of slowed traffic ahead along a stretch of the A116 autostrada, a major highway crossing southern Italy, before the crash occurred, said highway police and officials, speaking on state radio early Monday. They said the bus driver, for reasons not yet determined, appeared to have lost control of his vehicle. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta) ( Italy Bus Plunges )
Rescuers prepare the coffins of victims of a bus crash on July 28, 2013 on the road between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano, southern Italy. At least 36 people were killed and several more injured after a coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway flyover in southern Italy, rescue services said. AFP PHOTO / STINGER / AGENZIA CONTROLUCESTRINGER/AFP/Getty Images ( 521725973 )
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