Sri Lankans injured in Swiss accident

Thursday, 19 April 2018 - 10:17

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Sri Lankans injured in Swiss accident"

Fifteen people were injured when a coach carrying tourists from Sri Lanka crashed with two trucks on a Swiss highway.
 
The incident occurred yesterday (Apr. 18).
 
A tourist coach carrying 40 passengers collided with two trucks near the Winterthur-Wulflingen exit on a motorway not far from the northern city of Zurich, regional police said.
 
"Fifteen people were injured, one of them seriously," Zurich's cantonal police said in a statement, adding that the cause of the accident remained unclear.
 
The coach was carrying tourists from Sri Lanka.
 
The driver of the coach and a female travel companion riding up front were stuck and needed to be extracted by rescue workers, police said.
 
The driver suffered moderate injuries, while the woman was seriously injured, they said.





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