Five killed in bus crash near Swiss Alpine village

Emergency responders at the site of a crash involving a bus carrying a Dutch tour party, which flipped over in Susch, Switzerland, September 10, 2026.    Jon Duschletta/Engadiner Post/Handout via REUTERS

Emergency responders at the site of a crash involving a bus carrying a Dutch tour party, which flipped over in Susch, Switzerland, September 10, 2026. Jon Duschletta/Engadiner Post/Handout via REUTERS (REUTERS)


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ZURICH, Sept 10 — Five people were killed and 40 ​others injured after a bus carrying a Dutch tour party flipped over ‌in a remote Alpine region of eastern Switzerland, police said ⁠on Thursday.

Police in ​the canton of ⁠Grisons said the accident occurred near the ‌village of ‌Susch, and images of the scene published ⁠online showed the ⁠vehicle lying on its side next to the road, surrounded by police and emergency service personnel.

Three of those hurt were in a serious condition, seven had moderately ‌serious injuries, and 30 ​were slightly injured, police said, noting there were 45 adults on the bus.

The dead, who were all adults, have yet to be identified.

A spokeswoman for the General Dutch Association of Travel Companies, acting as ​spokesperson for tour operator OAD, said a ‌serious accident ‌had ⁠taken place involving an OAD bus and that 48 passengers were on board, all Dutch nationals.

(Reporting by Dave Graham in Zurich ‌and and Rachel More ​in Berlin, additional ‌reporting by Charlotte ⁠Van Campenhout ​in Amsterdam, editing by David Gregorio and Thomas ​Seythal)

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