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| At least 13 European university students die in Spanish coach crash | At least 13 European university students die in Spanish coach crash |
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| At least 13 European university exchange students have died in a motorway coach crash near Tarragona in north-east Spain. | At least 13 European university exchange students have died in a motorway coach crash near Tarragona in north-east Spain. |
| Jordi Jané, the Catalan interior minister, said the victims were aged 22 to 29 and “the majority are Erasmus students of various nationalities. We are trying to draw up a list of the victims”. | Jordi Jané, the Catalan interior minister, said the victims were aged 22 to 29 and “the majority are Erasmus students of various nationalities. We are trying to draw up a list of the victims”. |
| The trip was organised by the European Students Network comprised of four Barcelona universities, but it appears that most of the victims were students at the University of Barcelona. The university rector was going to the scene to help identify the bodies. | |
| The coach was the last in a group of five returning to Barcelona after celebrating the Fallas festivities in Valencia. The occupants of the other three coaches were unaware of the accident until they arrived in Barcelona. | The coach was the last in a group of five returning to Barcelona after celebrating the Fallas festivities in Valencia. The occupants of the other three coaches were unaware of the accident until they arrived in Barcelona. |
| Spanish television showed images of the car, the front of which was smashed in, and the bus lying on its side after the accident. | |
| Jané earlier said that 14 of the 57 passengers were dead, a number that was later revised down. He said the remainder did not appear to be seriously injured and the coach driver is among the survivors. | Jané earlier said that 14 of the 57 passengers were dead, a number that was later revised down. He said the remainder did not appear to be seriously injured and the coach driver is among the survivors. |
| At about 6am on Sunday the driver lost control near Amposta, Tarragona, and the vehicle crossed the central reservation and collided with an oncoming car. “Everything points to human error being the cause of the accident, though it’s too early to say,” Jané said. “There’s no reason to think there was a problem with the road itself.” | At about 6am on Sunday the driver lost control near Amposta, Tarragona, and the vehicle crossed the central reservation and collided with an oncoming car. “Everything points to human error being the cause of the accident, though it’s too early to say,” Jané said. “There’s no reason to think there was a problem with the road itself.” |
| The Erasmus programme provides foreign exchange courses for students from counties within the 28-nation European Union. | The Erasmus programme provides foreign exchange courses for students from counties within the 28-nation European Union. |
| The accident is one of the deadliest in Spain in the past years. | |
| In November 2014, a bus carrying pilgrims fell into a ravine in the southeast, leaving 14 dead and another 41 injured. | |
| Catalonia’s newly-elected president, Carles Puigdemont, was due to travel to Paris Sunday but has cancelled the trip to go to the site of the accident. | |
| The emergency hotline for those seeking information about loved ones is +34 900400012 from abroad or 900400012 from within Spain | The emergency hotline for those seeking information about loved ones is +34 900400012 from abroad or 900400012 from within Spain |