[1/6] Flowers are seen at the site where a coach crashed off an overpass in Mestre, Italy, October 4, 2023.
Five Ukrainians, a German and the Italian bus driver were among those killed, Venice's prefect Michele Di Bari, the local representative of the interior ministry, said on Wednesday.
"We presume the driver may have fallen ill," Veneto regional president Luca Zaia told Rtl 102.5 radio.
The bus had been ferrying the tourists back to a campsite in nearby Marghera after a day out in Venice.
"I think the driver had an illness, because otherwise I can't explain it," Fiorese said, adding that the driver had started his shift less than two hours before the crash.
Persons:
Claudia Greco, Michele Di Bari, Luca Zaia, Di Bari, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Corriere, Massimo Fiorese, Corriere della Sera, Fiorese, Alvise Armellini, Keith Weir, Bernadette Baum, Gavin Jones, Gareth Jones
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rtl, Corriere della Sera, Thomson
Locations:
Mestre, Italy, Venice Italian, VENICE, Venice, Veneto, Croatian, Marghera, Nigeria