Bus accident near Monteforte Irpino
The bus accident at Monteforte Irpino occurred on July 28, 2013 at 8:30 p.m. on the A16 Naples-Bari motorway , European route 842 between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano , Campania region , Italy . Of the 50 inmates, mainly children and young people, 39 were killed and 10 seriously injured.
procedure
Initial investigations suggested that the Mondotravel bus hit the end of a traffic jam in front of the toll station at Avellino . 7 cars were pushed into each other. Then he scratched a concrete wall, broke through a guardrail and fell into a 30 meter deep ravine.
The salvage work was very difficult due to the rugged and wooded slopes. The survivors were taken to hospitals in the area. The tour group was on their way back on a pilgrimage from Telese Terme to Naples . The bus driver's body was turned over to forensic medicine for further investigation.
Further research opened up a theory that the brakes on the 18-year-old bus might have been defective. Grinding marks on the guardrail, which extend over several hundred meters, as well as oil and gear remains on the motorway suggest that the bus driver may have tried to slow the bus using the engine brake and sheet metal brakes .
Web links
- Report on the bus accident in Italy at Stern.de
- Report on the accident at sueddeutsche.de with video
- Report on the accident on n-tv.de
- Report on the bus accident at tagesschau.de ( Memento from July 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report on the victims of the accident at welt.de
- ^ Map showing the location of the accident site near Avellino
- ↑ RTL Television, RTL Nachtjournal, July 30, 2013
Coordinates: 40 ° 54 ′ 37 ″ N , 14 ° 40 ′ 21 ″ E