Bus carrying Ukrainian refugees overturns in Italy, killing mom

Police on the scene of the place a bus carrying Ukrainian refugees tipped over in Rimini, Italy on March 13, 2022.
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​A bus carrying Ukrainian refugees overturned on a highway in northern Italy Sunday, killing a 32-year-old mom.

The accident occurred round daybreak on the freeway to Rimini, a city on the Adriatic coast, because the bus headed south to Pescara.

The lady’s two kids — ages 5 and 10 — suffered bruise​s within the crash, the Related Press reported, citing Italian media reviews, and had been taken to the hospital the place they obtained medical and psychological care.

5 different folks additionally had been injured, none severely.

The accident killed a 32-year-old mom and left a number of others injured.

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The bus, with about 22 folks on board​, primarily ladies and youngsters​, landed on its facet on a grassy slope simply past the guardrail close to the city of Forli.

It had been ​touring about 20 hours straight after departing western Ukraine.

There have been no skid marks on the scene, and the reason for the crash is being investigated.

Emergency responders on the crash scene.

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The bus had been touring for 22 consecutive hours on the scene of the crash.

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“It may have been [the driver] all of a sudden falling asleep,″ Freeway police official Andrea Biagioli instructed state TV.

Greater than 32,500 Ukrainian refugees have entered Italy since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.