Travel covers in Turin into the Po river – driver dead dead

Accident in northern Italy

Coach plunges into the Po river in Turin

An Italian school class goes to Turin for visit the museum. While the children are on the road, the driver tries to turn. The maneuver fails.

In the middle of the northern Italian city of Turin, a coach fell into the Po river – luckily without passengers. The 64 -year -old driver died in the accident in the late afternoon, the fire brigade announced. Three women who were traveling on the street were brought to the hospital with minor injuries. The exact course is still unclear.

The bus had taken a primary school class from Milan to visit the renowned Egyptian museum in Turin. While the children were in the museum, the driver waited in a parking lot near the Vittorio Emanuele I bridge, which connects the center of Turin with the other bank.

On a video you can see how the bus breaks through a low wall when it is reversed, hangs briefly in the air and finally falls into the river several meters deep. The bus sometimes sank into the water. The driver could still be pulled out by rescue workers, but died a short time later.

Unclear how the misfortune could occur. There was speculation about an unsuccessful turning maneuver – or that the driver at the wheel could have suffered a weakness. According to the emergency services, the three injured passants got away with bruises. With a bus full of children, the misfortune could have ended much worse.

The fire brigade was also used with divers to ensure that there were no other people on the bus. The vehicle belongs to a company from the Campobasso Campbasso Camp. The children were then brought back to Milan with another means of transport. The Egyptian Museum is one of the most important museums in the 850,000-inhabitant city and is also internationally known.