The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP)

The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP)

BERLIN (AP) — A German bus crashed into a metal post on a highway in southern Switzerland Sunday, leaving one woman dead and another 14 people injured, police said.

The bus was heading south with 25 people on board when the accident happened on the A2 highway at Sigirino, near Lugano — along a major route across the Alps from northern Europe to Italy.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the bus to plow into the post, wrecking the front of the vehicle.

The bus had set off from the German city of Cologne on Saturday evening and was headed for Assisi in Italy, Johannes Huebner of bus travel group RDA, who was coordinating emergency plans for the company involved, told the German news agency dpa.

A group of young people and two drivers were on board, according to Ticino canton (state) police.

A police statement late Sunday said a 27-year-old German woman died of injuries sustained in the crash.

The statement said two people had serious but not life-threatening injuries, eight more had “medium” injuries and another four were lightly hurt.</s>BERLIN — A German bus crashed into a metal post on a highway in southern Switzerland Sunday, leaving one woman dead and another 14 people injured, police said.

The bus was heading south with 25 people on board when the accident happened on the A2 highway at Sigirino, near Lugano — along a major route across the Alps from northern Europe to Italy.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the bus to plow into the post, wrecking the front of the vehicle.

The bus had set off from the German city of Cologne on Saturday evening and was headed for Assisi in Italy, Johannes Huebner of bus travel group RDA, who was co-ordinating emergency plans for the company involved, told the German news agency dpa.

A group of young people and two drivers were on board, according to Ticino canton (state) police.

A police statement late Sunday said a 27-year-old German woman died of injuries sustained in the crash.

The statement said two people had serious but not life-threatening injuries, eight more had “medium” injuries and another four were lightly hurt.</s>One woman dead and at least 14 others seriously injured in Germany bus crash</s>BERLIN (AP) - A German bus crashed into a metal post on a highway in southern Switzerland Sunday, leaving one woman dead and another 14 people injured, police said.

The bus was heading south with 25 people on board when the accident happened on the A2 highway at Sigirino, near Lugano - along a major route across the Alps from northern Europe to Italy.

It wasn't immediately clear what caused the bus to plow into the post, wrecking the front of the vehicle.

The bus had set off from the German city of Cologne on Saturday evening and was headed for Assisi in Italy, Johannes Huebner of bus travel group RDA, who was coordinating emergency plans for the company involved, told the German news agency dpa.

A group of young people and two drivers were on board, according to Ticino canton (state) police.

A police statement late Sunday said a 27-year-old German woman died of injuries sustained in the crash.

The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP)

The statement said two people had serious but not life-threatening injuries, eight more had "medium" injuries and another four were lightly hurt.

The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP)

The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP)

The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP)

The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP)</s>BERLIN (AP) — A German bus crashed into a metal post on a highway in southern Switzerland Sunday, leaving one woman dead and another 14 people injured, police said. The bus was heading south with…

BERLIN (AP) — A German bus crashed into a metal post on a highway in southern Switzerland Sunday, leaving one woman dead and another 14 people injured, police said.

The bus was heading south with 25 people on board when the accident happened on the A2 highway at Sigirino, near Lugano — along a major route across the Alps from northern Europe to Italy.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the bus to plow into the post, wrecking the front of the vehicle.

The bus had set off from the German city of Cologne on Saturday evening and was headed for Assisi in Italy, Johannes Huebner of bus travel group RDA, who was coordinating emergency plans for the company involved, told the German news agency dpa.

A group of young people and two drivers were on board, according to Ticino canton (state) police.

A police statement late Sunday said a 27-year-old German woman died of injuries sustained in the crash.

The statement said two people had serious but not life-threatening injuries, eight more had “medium” injuries and another four were lightly hurt.

Copyright © 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.</s>VIENNA, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A German bus carrying mainly teenage tourists to Italy crashed on a motorway near the Swiss city of Lugano on Sunday, injuring 15 people, three of them seriously, police said.

The bus had roughly 25 people on board when it slammed into a road sign post around 8 a.m. (0600 GMT), a police spokesman said. Lugano is the capital of Ticino, Switzerland's mainly Italian-speaking canton, which borders Italy. (Reporting by Francois Murphy; editing by Jason Neely)</s>BERLIN (AP) — A German bus crashed into a metal post Sunday on a highway in southern Switzerland, leaving 13 people injured, three of them seriously, Swiss police said.

The bus was heading south with 25 people on board when the accident happened on the A2 highway at Sigirino, near Lugano — a major route across the Alps from northern Europe to Italy. Ticino canton (state) police revised downward their initial estimate that about 40 people were on the bus.

It wasn't immediately clear what caused the bus to plow into the post, wrecking the front of the vehicle.

The bus from the German city of Cologne had set off on Saturday evening and was headed for Assisi in Italy, Johannes Huebner of bus travel group RDA, who was coordinating emergency plans for the company involved, told the German news agency dpa.</s>BERLIN — Swiss police say a German bus has crashed into a metal road sign on a highway in southern Switzerland, leaving several passengers seriously injured.

Ticino canton (state) police said the bus was heading south with about 40 people on board at the time of the accident Sunday morning at Sigirino, on the A2 highway near Lugano. The highway is part of a major route across the Alps from northern Europe to Italy.

Police said several people were seriously hurt and some were still trapped in the vehicle. The highway was closed down for the rescue operation.

The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately clear.</s>The accident site of a bus that crashed into signal post on the highway A2 in Sigirino, canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. The A2 highway between Rivera and Lugano-North in is closed to the south. Several people were injured in the accident. (Gabriele Putzu, Ti-Press/Keystone via AP) (Gabriele Putzu)</s>CHORZOW, Poland: Cristiano Biraghi snatched a late victory to give new Italy coach Roberto Mancini his first competitive victory and keep the Azzurri’s Nations League hopes alive with a 1-0 win over Poland in their League A Group 3 clash here on Sunday.

Defender Biraghi, 26, slid in the winner two minutes into injury time for his first goal for Italy in a game his team had dominated. The defeat ensured Poland were relegated to League B.It gives Mancini his first competitive victory since taking over as Italy coach in May, after the four-time world champions’ failure to qualify for the World Cup.

“A new cycle has already begun,” said Mancini“We dominated the game, we had to score the first goal, it would have been unfair to finish 0-0.“All the lads are trying to do their best. It’s a good win in a very good game.”

Fiorentina defender Biraghi made the sign ‘13’ with his hands when he scored, as he dedicated his first goal to former Italy and Fiorentina captain Davide Astori who died of a heart attack last March.

“I owe everything to him. I’m here thanks to Davide who was a mentor for me,” said Biraghi, who was called up to Italy for the first time last month at the age of 26.European champions Portugal lead the three-team group with six points from two games with Italy on four points after three games with Poland relegated to League B with one point.

Mancini stuck with the same eleven he started with in last Wednesday’s 1-1 draw against the Ukraine with Federico Bernardeschi, Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Chiesa leading the attack.Nicolo Barella, 21, was chosen to start over Lorenzo Pellegrini in midfield after making his international debut in Genoa.

Poland opted for the strike partnership of Robert Lewandowski and Arkadiusz Milik over Genoa forward Krzysztof Piatek, who has scored 14 goals in ten competitive games for club and country.

Italy had the best of the first half but once again demonstrated their difficulty finishing off.Jorginho rattled the bar within the first minute, with Federico Chiesa also hitting the woodwork after half an hour in the Silesian Stadium.

Poland could thank Wojciech Szczesny for keeping them in the game with the under-pressure goalkeeper denying Alessandro Florenzi, Jorginho, Federico Bernardeschi and Juventus teammate Giorgio Chiellini in the first half.

Italy had a goal disallowed after 65 minutes following a well-worked pass between Bernardeschi and Marco Verratti with Insigne offside in the box.Poland also had a couple of chances in the second half with Kamil Grosicki denied by Gianluigi Donnarumma, with Arkadiusz Milik curling over.

Just when it looked as if both sides would settle for a draw, off the last corner, substitute Kevin Lasagna, who made his international debut, steered in for the Biraghi to finish off.“It had looked as if the match was jinxed,” said Biraghi.

“The minutes were going by and the ball wouldn’t go in. When you create a lot and the ball doesn’t go in you start to get nervous, even risk losing.“Instead we stayed calm and believed until the end. This victory is thanks to the group’s never say die attitude.”

The result ensures Italy stayed in the tier ahead of December’s Euro 2020 qualifying draw.Italy next host Portugal on November 17 with Poland playing in Portugal three days later.
A bus travelling from Germany to Italy crashes in southern Switzerland, leaving one dead and 14 injured.