Un pullman proveniente da Genova e diretto a Dusseldorf si è schiantato contro un muro nei pressi di Zurigo, in Svizzera. Nell'incidente è morta una 37enne italiana e 43 persone (tra cui i due autisti, anch'essi italiani) sono rimaste ferite, tre delle quali gravemente. Secondo la polizia locale, lo schianto si è verificato poco prima delle 4:15 sull'autostrada A3 . All'arrivo dei soccorsi, molti passeggeri erano ancora incastrati tra le lamiere .

La donna morta si chiamava Nicoletta Nardoni e viveva nel Comasco, a Mozzate. Sposata, era mamma di due bambini ancora piccoli. Salita a bordo del pullman, secondo quanto si apprende, era diretta a Zurigo per fare visita a un familiare.



In totale le persone a bordo del pullman erano 51, tra cui 16 italiani, uno svizzero, un tedesco, due colombiani, un giordano, un rumeno, un bosniaco, due albanesi, sei russi, due nigeriani, un ganese e una persona del Benin. La nazionalità dei rimanenti ancora non è stata resa nota. Secondo i media locali non vi sarebbero stati invece bambini. .



Le cause dell'incidente sono ancora sconosciute. Secondo la Radio svizzera italiana, nella zona è caduta neve per tutta la mattina e i meteorologi hanno messo in guardia gli automobilisti sui pericoli provocati dal ghiaccio sulla strada.



Il pullman apparteneva a una filiale dell'impresa di trasporti Flixbus. Al momento l'autostrada è bloccata in entrambi i sensi di circolazione tra Brunau e Wiedikon.</s>BERLIN (AP) - Zurich police say a tour bus on its way to Germany has crashed in Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 44 others.

The dpa news agency reported Sunday that the Geneva-to-Duesseldorf bus crashed at 4:15 a.m. south of Zurich, a city in northern Switzerland that is the country's financial hub.

Zurich canton (state) police say the bus went into a skid on the snowy road and crashed into a wall.

They said one woman, whose identity was not immediately released, was killed and three people, including the driver, have serious injuries.

A bus sits on a transport truck after an accident at the highway A3 near Zuerich, Switzerland, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. According to police, one woman died in the accident, 44 people were injured. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP)</s>BERLIN — Zurich police say a tour bus on its way to Germany has crashed in Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 44 others.

The dpa news agency reported Sunday that bus travelling to Duesseldorf from Genoa in Italy crashed at 4:15 a.m. south of Zurich, a city in northern Switzerland that is the country’s financial hub.

Zurich canton (state) police say the bus went into a skid on the snowy road and crashed into a wall.

They said one woman, whose identity was not immediately released, was killed and three people, including the driver, have serious injuries.

Switzerland’s 20 Minuten news site quoted authorities saying the woman who died was 37-years-old and Italian.</s>BERLIN — Zurich police say a tour bus on its way to Germany has crashed in Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 44 others.

The dpa news agency reported Sunday that the Geneva-to-Duesseldorf bus crashed at 4:15 a.m. south of Zurich, a city in northern Switzerland that is the country’s financial hub.

Zurich canton (state) police say the bus went into a skid on the snowy road and crashed into a wall.

They said one woman, whose identity was not immediately released, was killed and three people, including the driver, have serious injuries.</s>ZURIKH : One person died and 44 sustained injuries on Sunday following a bus crash outside the city of Zurich, local police reported following the incident. According to Zurich police, three people picked up severe injuries, while the other casualties are being treated for minor and moderate injuries. The crash occurred in the early morning in treacherous snowy conditions, police added. The bus, operated by a subsidiary of the German-owned firm Flixbus, was heading to the German city of Dusseldorf, from Genoa, Italy, the ATS news agency reported. Following the crash, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy to Switzerland, Stanislav Smirnov, told Sputnik that a Russian citizen who has suffered injuries as a result of a bus crash is in a serious condition. “One Russian citizen is currently in a serious condition. She is not transportable. The rest of the injured Russians will be able to leave the hospital as early as today. They have minor injuries, there are also fractures,” the spokesman said. A source in the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturism), in turn, told Sputnik that the agency was clarifying the information regarding the condition of the injured Russian nationals.

“There is information indicating that the bus was not a tourist one but a regular one,” the source said, adding that it meant that the Russians who were on the bus were not traveling as part of an organized tour. According to the police, there were also passengers from Albania, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Jordan, Nigeria, Romania and Switzerland on the bus. The driver is among those in a serious condition.</s>A bus sits on a transport truck after an accident at the highway A3 near Zuerich, Switzerland, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. According to police, one woman died in the accident, 44 people were injured. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP) (Walter Bieri)</s>An Italian woman was killed and 44 other people were injured early Sunday when their long-distance bus swerved and hit a wall on an icy motorway near Zurich, police said.

Three people were severely injured, and one of the Italian drivers is in critical condition, police spokeswoman Rebecca Tilen said.

The bus was en route from the Italian city of Genoa to Dusseldorf in Germany.

"At the time of the accident, the motorway was covered with snow and ice, and it was snowing," Tilen told dpa, adding that investigators still have to determine the exact cause of the accident.

The bus was operated by a subcontractor of Flixbus, a German company that offers intercity services. The vehicle had Italian license plates.

"We extend our sympathies to the affected passengers and bus drivers as well as their families and friends," Flixbus said in a statement.

"The safety of passengers and drivers is a top priority for Flixbus," the company added.

There were 50 people on board in total, including the 37-year-old Italian woman and 16 of her compatriots.

The passengers also included several travelers each from Russia, Germany, Nigeria, Colombia and Albania, as well as individuals from Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ghana, Jordan, Romania and Switzerland.</s>At least one person was killed and 44 injured after a passenger bus swerved and hit a wall on a motorway near the Swiss city of Zurich, police said, as cited by local media. The Russian embassy in Switzerland confirmed that at least ten of its nationals were injured in the accident. The bus was travelling from Italy’s Genoa towards Germany’s Dusseldorf. The deceased is a woman, but her nationality hasn’t yet been established.</s>A bus has skidded off a road and overturned amid wintry weather in southern Serbia, killing three people and injuring 32 others.

The accident happened early on Sunday on the main highway near the town of Leskovac. Police say the bus had Macedonian licence plates.

Doctors at the hospital in Leskovac say four of those hurt in the crash have serious injuries but they are not life-threatening.

Serbia has been blanketed with snow this weekend, slowing down traffic.

Meanwhile one person was killed and 44 were injured when their long-distance bus swerved and hit a wall on a motorway near Zurich.

The bus was en route from the Italian city of Genoa to Dusseldorf in Germany, according to investigators.</s>The front of the bus was severely damaged. AFP/Swiss police of the Canton of Zurich (Kantonspolizei Zurich)

One person died and 44 were injured when a bus crashed into a wall on a Swiss motorway early Sunday, police said.

The accident happened on the motorway outside Zurich at roughly 4:15am, police in the Canton said in a statement. Three people were seriously hurt, while the rest suffered minor to moderate injuries, they added. The cause of the crash, was not immediately known. The vehicle, run by a subsidiary of the German-owned company Flixbus, was on route from the Italian city of Genoa to Dusseldorf, ATS news agency reported.
A bus crash in Zurich, Switzerland, kills one person and injures 44 others.