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A tourist coach has crashed in the south-eastern Swiss Alps, leaving several people dead and several injured, local police say.<\/b><\/p>\n
The bus overturned between Susch and Zernez in the Graub\u00fcnden – also known as Grisons – region late on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
A large team of rescuers equipped with several helicopters was deployed to the scene.<\/p>\n
Some 48 Dutch passengers were on board the bus, according to a spokeswoman for the General Dutch Association of Travel Companies on behalf of tour operator OAD.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf they could not yet say how many people had been killed or injured.<\/p>\n
Images on Swiss news sites show a coach lying on its side beside a narrow country road on which stand numerous ambulances while groups of rescuers work at the scene.<\/p>\n
The coach reportedly left the Netherlands on Monday and was on a day trip to Switzerland from Austria when the crash happened.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, Swiss President Guy Parmelin said he was “deeply shocked” by the incident and offered his “sincere condolences” to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n
Parmelin said there will be a “comprehensive” investigation into what happened. <\/p>\n
Zernez is the entry point for visitors to the Swiss National Park, a vast Alpine reserve stretching more than 100 sq km (40 sq miles) across the mountainous Engadine valley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n