- Title: SWITZERLAND: Swiss police say still no indications of what caused fatal bus crash
- Date: 16th March 2012
- Summary: SIERRE, SWITZERLAND (MARCH 15, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF THE TUNNEL WHERE THE BUS CRASHED INTERIOR OF THE TUNNEL, JOURNALISTS GATHERED FOR NEWS CONFERENCE CANTONAL POLICEMAN CHRISTIAN VARONE AND SPOKESPERSON FOR THE VALAIS HOSPITAL, FLORENCE RENGGLI TALKING BEFORE NEWS CONFERENCE FLOWERS VARONE AND RENGGLI TALKING VARIOUS OF VARONE IN HIS POLICE UNIFORM JOURNALISTS POLICE BADGE (SOUNDBITE) (French) CANTONAL POLICEMAN CHRISTIAN VARONE SAYING: "I want to say once again that the Cantonal police force extend all their sympathies to the families of the victims and their relatives. And I also want to say and underline the extreme dignity and the courage of the families of the victims hit by this terrible tragedy. " MEDIA IN THE TUNNEL POLICE OFFICER STANDING BY FLOWERS VARONE AND RENGGLI AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (French) SPOKESPERSON FOR THE VALAIS HOSPITAL FLORENCE RENGGLI SAYING: "We want to share the pain, the huge pain of the families. During the last two days, we have been taking care of them and we made sure that families and children who were in our hospitals could stay together in total serenity and tranquility and intimacy so they can go through this in peace." FLOWERS IN THE FOREGROUND AS VARONE ADDRESSES MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (French) CANTONAL POLICEMAN CHRISTIAN VARONE SAYING: "Regarding the cause of the accident, at present we have no preferred theories. We are examining all of them. And of course, all the testimonies are being taken into account." VARONE ADDRESSING MEDIA POLICE SIGN WITH JOURNALISTS IN THE BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICIALS
- Embargoed: 31st March 2012 13:00
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- Location: Switzerland, Switzerland
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: Police,Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVAALZS9HPNW5BX2670BR3J200YK
- Story Text: Swiss police on Thursday (March 15) said they still do not have any firm leads as to what caused a bus packed with Belgian schoolchildren to slam into the wall of an Alpine tunnel killing 22 of them and six adults.
During a news conference at the site of the accident, reporters were shown a bed of flowers that had earlier been laid by relatives of the deceased as police paid tribute to the courage of the families.
"We want to share the pain, the huge pain of the families. During the last two days, we have been taking care of them and we made sure that families and children who were in our hospitals could stay together in total serenity and tranquility and intimacy so they can go through this in peace," said police spokeswoman Florence Renggli.
But Christian Varone, a senior police official with the Valais police force, said investigators were still in the dark about what caused the tragedy.
"Regarding the cause of the accident, at present we have no preferred theories. We are examining all of them. And of course, all the testimonies are being taken into account." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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