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Five dead and dozens injured in coach crash in Swiss Alps

The tourist coach was carrying dozens of Dutch passengers when it overturned in the south-eastern Swiss Alps.

BBC World

Five people have died and dozens are injured after a tourist coach crashed in the south-eastern Swiss Alps, police say.

The Dutch tour bus hit a safety barrier in a roadworks area, left the road and overturned between Susch and Zernez in the Graubünden region late on Thursday afternoon.

They added that the other 40 people on board the coach - whose injuries ranged from serious to minor - had been transported to hospitals by rescue helicopters and ambulance crews.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten said his thoughts were everyone involved, and King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima said their hearts went out to everyone affected by "this great tragedy".