12 Dead After Swiss Bus Falls Into Ravine

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ORSIERES, Switzerland - A Swiss tour bus carrying 27 people to a cruise ship in Italy plunged into an Alps ravine Sunday, killing

12 people and injuring 15, police said. Rescuers descended to the wreck on

ropes to try to help the injured.

Valais state police said

some passengers were thrown from the bus when it went out of control and rolled

down a steep slope. The vehicle came to rest in a stream about 800 feet below

the road, police spokesman Renato Kalbermatten said.

At least a dozen

ambulances stood by while mountain guides and climbers used ropes to lower

themselves to the bus, police said. Some of the passengers were trapped inside

the bus, according to authorities.

It had been snowing in

the area, but by the time rescuers arrived at the scene the road was only wet, Kalbermatten

said. There might have been snow on the road when the accident occurred, he

said.

The bus was based in the

Swiss capital, Bern, and was taking passengers to Savona in northwest Italy, where they were to

board a cruise ship, said bus company manager Heinrich Marti.

There were 24

passengers, two experienced drivers and a hostess on board, Marti said. The bus

left its base near Bern at 6 a.m. and picked up more passengers at stops along the way. The

accident occurred before 10 a.m.

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