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| Welsh coach crash in Switzerland injures 41 people | |
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| Forty-one people have been injured - four seriously - after a Welsh coach was in a collision involving four lorries in Switzerland. | |
| The coach is from the Edwards coach operators based near Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taff. | The coach is from the Edwards coach operators based near Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taff. |
| Swiss police said three of those seriously hurt were on the coach when the incident happened at about 11:15 BST on Thursday, 25 miles from Zurich. | Swiss police said three of those seriously hurt were on the coach when the incident happened at about 11:15 BST on Thursday, 25 miles from Zurich. |
| The coach had 39 passengers and was returning to south Wales from Italy. | The coach had 39 passengers and was returning to south Wales from Italy. |
| Jason Edwards, one of the directors of the company, said the majority of those injured have been released from hospital, and he understood those with more serious injuries were not in life threatening conditions. | |
| "It is still a developing situation," said Mr Edwards, whose firm's headquarters are at Llantwit Fadre. | |
| "The majority of those on the coach have been discharged from hospital, and they are being put up at a five-star hotel in Lucerne centre. | |
| "We're still waiting for confirmation on the condition of those still in hospital." | |
| Mr Edwards said his father, another director of the coach operator, was also in Lucerne, which is the nearest city to the incident, and that they were being assisted by British consular staff. | |
| The coach party had been returning from a tour of Lake Como in Italy. | |
| Police said 20 ambulances and three helicopters were used to ferry the injured to hospital. | |
| According to Lucerne Police and Mr Edwards, the incident took place while the coach was at construction works on the A2 motorway at Eich when the vehicle was struck by a truck. | |
| That led to another lorry crashing into the back of the coach - pushing into another vehicle. | |
| Police said four lorries in total were involved in the incident, two from Switzerland, one from Poland and one from Slovakia. | |
| They said the investigation into the crash was ongoing. | |
| A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office added: "There has been a multiple vehicle accident in Switzerland. We are providing support to those affected and remain in close touch with the local authorities." |