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Venice bus crash: The heroes who pulled survivors from burning wreck
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67013364
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The bus, carrying tourists back to a nearby campsite after a day in the historical centre of Venice, had been driving along a busy overpass when it suddenly careened off the side on Tuesday evening.
Among the dead are nationals from seven countries, the Venice mayor’s office says, including Ukraine, Germany, Romania and Portugal.
His flatmate, Odion Eboigbe from Nigeria, was with him, pulling others through the wreckage of the mangled vehicle - an electric-powered bus whose batteries are thought to have caught fire.
At the spot on the overpass where the bus took its final catastrophic turn, the guard-rails are smashed apart and fragments of glass lie on the tarmac.
Indeed, CCTV from the moment before the crash shows the vehicle steadily climbing the overpass and then apparently slowing down before inexplicably toppling against the barriers and off to the side.
There were “entire families, grandparents, grandchildren, spouses” on board, said Chiara Berti from the Angelo di Mestre hospital.
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