At least 21 people, including foreign tourists, were killed and 18 others were injured, four of them in critical condition, when a bus plunged off a bridge in Mestre, Venice, and caught fire, according to the latest provisional tally. gave the Italian public television RAI the transport manager of the municipality of Venice Renato Borazo.

According to the same official, citizens of Ukraine were on board the bus, while according to information, among the victims are also tourists from Germany.

The driver was Italian, forty years old, with seven years of professional experience.

Among the injured are at least two children.

This is the most serious traffic accident in the history of Venice.

According to Renato Borazo, the search and rescue operation has been completed.

Firefighters and first aid services rushed to the area. According to Italian public television Rai, the injured have been transferred to various hospitals in the area.

The intercity bus of the Veneto region crashed into electric railway cables, located under the viaduct.

The mayor of Venice, Luigi Bugnaro, announced that he had declared Wednesday a day of mourning in his city. At the same time, the mayor underlined that “it was a long-distance bus transporting tourists to a local campsite”.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her support to the families of the victims.

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