In Italy, Sixteen people died and another seven are in hospital when a bus carrying pupils from Hungary, collided with a roadside column near Verona late on Friday. The bus was returning to Budapest from France, where the pupils – from Budapest's Szinyei Merse Pal secondary school – had been on a skiing holiday, when it hit a roadside bollard as it exited the A4 motorway. <br/><br/>Officials say a teacher credited with saving many pupils from a burning bus after it crashed in northern Italy lost his own children in the fire. Hungary's Consul-General in Milan Judith Timaffy said, the Gyorgy Vigh pulled many children out of the bus. But his son and his daughter, 18, died in the accident. <br/><br/>AMs Timaffy said, his wife had also been on board. Parents of the other children, had arrived in Italy, accompanied by psychologists, she added. It is not known why the bus left the road.
News On AIR | January 22, 2017 9:13 PM
Italy: 16 died in bus collided with roadside column near Verona late on Friday