On Tuesday, a bus crashed into a Switzerland tunnel, killing 28 people, including 22 children. Police reported that another 24 children were injured in the wreck. Joren Vandeweyer, a spokesman for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign affairs, said most of the children on the bus were 11 and 12 years old.
The bus was carrying 52 people, including 2 bus drivers, four other adults, and 46 children. The bus was returning to Belgium, after taking a ski trip, and then crashed into a highway tunnel in Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Two military planes were made available to take parents to see their injured children and bring them back home. Belgium’s Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo will travel to Switzerland on Wednesday. He said, “This is a tragic day for Belgium.”
