Italy crash horror: Bus victims plunged to death

Covered bodies lie by the road following a bus crash near Avellino, southern Italy. (AP)

A firefighter looks at the wreckage of a bus following a crash near Avellino, southern Italy. A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffic, killing at least 37 people, said police and rescuers. Flashing signs near Avellino, outside Naples, had warned of slowed traffic ahead along a stretch of the A16 autostrada, a major highway crossing southern Italy, before the crash occurred, said highway police and officials, speaking on state radio early Monday. They said the bus driver, for reasons not yet determined, appeared to have lost control of his vehicle. (AP)

A firefighter stands near the wreckage of a bus following a crash near Avellino, southern Italy. (AP)

Coffins are lined up near the wreckage of a bus following a crash near Avellino, southern Italy. (AP)

Firefighters work on the wreckage of a bus that plunged off the A16 highway near Avellino, southern Italy. (AP)

Smashed cars stand next to crashed jersey wall along the A16 highway where a bus plunged off into a ravine, near Avellino, southern Italy. (AP)

People and rescuers stand by smashed cars on a highway near Avellino, southern Italy. (AP)

A bus lies on its side after plunging off a highway near Avellino, southern Italy. (AP)

Relatives of victims of a bus crash walk among damaged cars on the road between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano, southern Italy. (AFP)

Rescuers line up the bodies of victims of a bus crash on the road between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano, southern Italy. At least 36 people were killed and several more injured after a coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway flyover in southern Italy, rescue services said. (AP)

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