Bus Carrying Germans Crashes, Kills 29 on Portugal’s Madeira

Bus Carrying Germans Crashes, Kills 29 on Portugal’s Madeira
Emergency services attend the scene after a tour bus crashed at Canico, on Portugal's Madeira Island, on April 17, 2019. TVI via AP
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LISBON, Portugal—A tour bus carrying German tourists crashed on Portugal’s Madeira Island on Wednesday, killing 29 people and injuring 28 others, local authorities said.

The bus, which was carrying 55 people, rolled down a steep hillside after veering off the road on a bend east of the capital, Funchal, and struck at least one house, local mayor Filipe Sousa told cable news channel SIC.