The vehicle was running on methane, which one minister called an ‘aggravating factor’ in the disaster
At least 21 people, including two children and foreign tourists, were killed on Tuesday and several others wounded when a bus running on methane plunged off a bridge in Venice and caught fire.
âA tragedy has struck our community this evening,â Mayor Luigi Brugnaro wrote on Facebook, describing the site of the crash as âan apocalyptic sceneâ.
âThe provisional toll is at least 21 fatalities and over 20 people hospitalised,â said Luca Zaia, the governor of the Venice region, deploring a âtragedy of enormous proportionsâ.
âEfforts are on to extract and identify the bodies,â he said. âThe victims and the wounded include people of several nationalities, not just Italiansâ.
âA tragedy has struck our community this evening,â Mayor Luigi Brugnaro wrote on Facebook, describing the site of the crash as âan apocalyptic sceneâ.
âThe provisional toll is at least 21 fatalities and over 20 people hospitalised,â said Luca Zaia, the governor of the Venice region, deploring a âtragedy of enormous proportionsâ.
âEfforts are on to extract and identify the bodies,â he said. âThe victims and the wounded include people of several nationalities, not just Italiansâ.
A city hall official said the dead included Ukrainian tourists while Italian news agency ANSA said the fatalities included German and French citizens.
