MADRID (Sputnik) — According to the EFE news agency, the bus carrying Erasmus program students crashed on the AP-7 road near Freginals Spanish municipality. The bus reportedly drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with a car. The bus driver, and the driver and a passenger in the car survived.
Jordi Jane said that the most likely cause of the bus accident was a human factor.
Encara no hi ha xifra definitiva de víctimes accident de #Freginals. Quan aixequin autobús ho podran dir. @324cat pic.twitter.com/XBvVQWjQgD
— Victor Sorribes (@VictorSorribes) March 20, 2016
#FREGINALS RT @24h_tve Jané: Hay 14 muertos y 43 sobrevivientes. 30 heridos en Hospitales de Amposta, Vinaroz y Reus pic.twitter.com/lSa5p7mrND
— P. Civil Tolosa (@PCTolosa) March 20, 2016
There are 14 dead and 43 survivors, 30 wounded are in hopsitals in Amposta, Vinaroz and Reus
The students were reportedly returning from a Falles festival in Valencia. According to the EFE news agency, 43 people, mostly aged between 22-29, were wounded and injured. Among the victims who have been hospitalized, are the citizens of Switzerland, Great Britain, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine and Spain.
Currently, the route on which the accident occurred, is closed. At least 17 fire brigades are working on the scene.
