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33 people injured in Boston bus crash

33 people have been injured after a bus travelling from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Pennsylvania crashed into a main Boston road on Saturday.

The scene of the bus crash in Boston.
The scene of the bus crash in Boston. Credit: Boston Fire Dept Twitter/@BostonFire

Medical workers transported 33 people to four local hospitals, with 28 people carrying minor injuries and five needing treatment for serious injuries.

Some people had to be removed through the bus roof by emergency rescue teams according to the Boston Fire Department's Twitter.

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Distraught parents flown to Switzerland on military aircraft

Bus crash in Switzerland
Rescue teams Emergency services work on the wreckage of a bus that crashed into a motorway tunnel in Switzerland Credit: Reuters

Distraught parents have flown on military plane to Switzerland. About 100 family members, who flew to Geneva from Belgium, were taken to the Valais canton. Some began visiting injured children in the Sion hospital, while others were being counseled by psychologists in crisis groups.

Unanswered questions surround bus crash

by - Europe Editor

What the Swiss authorities are able to tell us is what they think didn't cause the crash. They have very little idea of actually what did.

We know that the weather was good, that the road was dry, they are pretty sure that the coach was not speeding, the driver was well rested, this at the very beginning of what was going to be a long drive back to Belgium.

They might find clues in the wreckage as to exactly what did but it's perfectly possible that they may simply never know.

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