The bus rolled down a steep hillside after veering off the road on a bend and struck at least one house
LISBON, Portugal — All the 29 people killed in a tour bus crash on Portugal’s Madeira Island were German, Portugal’s foreign ministry confirmed Thursday.
She said 28 people were taken from the accident scene to a morgue, and another person died later in hospital. German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed “sadness and shock” at the accident. “My sincere sympathy goes especially to all of the families who have lost their loved ones in this tragedy,” she said.
The wall of a house, which appeared to have halted the bus’s fall, was smashed in. Parts of the bus, including seats, and items of clothing littered the grassy hillside, which looks out over the Atlantic Ocean.
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