- Title: BELGIUM BRUSSELS: SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF WEST GERMAN COACH CRASH
- Date: 27th July 1966
- Summary: RELATIVES AND OFFICIALS LOOKING AT COFFINS; LEADING BELGIAN POLITICAL FIGURES, INCLUDING PAUL-HENRI SPAAK, FORMER PRIME MINISTER; SPEECH OF SYMPATHY BY MICHEL TOUSSAINT, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION; BISHOP SAYING PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, BLESSING THE COFFINS. Initials GM/V/JH/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 11th August 1966 13:00
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- Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- Country: Belgium
- Reuters ID: LVA2SJMOPWYNGFPNPUWQV3AUASCA
- Story Text: THE BODIES OF THE 28 BELGIAN CHILDREN AND FIVE ADULTS KILLED ON MONDAY WHEN THEIR HOLIDAY COACH PLUNGED OFF A ROAD NEAR LIMBURG, WEST GERMANY, ARE NOW BACK ON THEIR NATIVE SOIL. THEY WERE BROUGHT IN COFFINS TO BRUSSELS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AND PLACED IN A SPECIAL CHAPEL IN THE SUBURB OF ETTERBEEK, WHERE A SERVICE WAS HELD.
THE DEATH COACH WAS TAKING THE CHILDREN HOME FROM A HOLIDAY IN AUSTRIA WHEN IT SMASHED THROUGH A SAFETY BARRIER ON A BUSY STRETCH OF MOTORWAY LINKING FRANKFURT AND COLOGNE AND LANDED ON ITS ROOF ON A SECONDARY ROAD 60 FEET (18 METRES) BELOW.
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