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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSKBN155068

Sixteen people were killed and about 40 injured after a bus carrying Hungarian students burst into flames on a highway in northern Italy, police and the fire service said on Saturday.

The bus went off the road near a highway exit close to the city of Verona overnight. The local highway police chief said it was carrying mostly teenage students, teachers and parents.

"Many children among the victims of the accident in Verona, a bus catches fire on impact with a pillar," national police said on Twitter, adding they had come to Italy from France.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told a news conference that the teenagers were from a Budapest secondary school, returning from their annual ski camp in France.

He added that there was uncertainty over the exact number of passengers in the bus, but it was higher than the director of the school had known about.

Awful. RIP.

 

[wesleyshark]

Absolutely terrible

 

[Audioboxer]

Damn that is tragic. The pictures on the site are pretty horrendous as well.

Due to the time it was travelling I wonder if the drive fell asleep

 

[ashecitism]

Damn that is tragic. The pictures on the site are pretty horrendous as well.

Due to the time it was travelling I wonder if the drive fell asleep

Possible. Local news said there were no sings of attempted brake.

 

[johancruijff]

one of the teachers jumped into the flames to save his students

he's in hospital with severe back burns , but he's not in danger

 

[MikeHattsu]

Damn. RIP.

 

[Audioboxer]

Possible. Local news said there were no sings of attempted brake.

Damn, looking that way. Such a tragedy if so. Driver shouldn't have been on the road if that tired.

It's why truck drivers have had reform over the years to limit driving time.

 

[Nevasleep]

Coaches going overnight across Europe often have two drivers, as the article states the drivers changed shift an hour before.