By Costas Kantouris, The Associated Press
Police search a bus after it skidded off the road during rainfall about 15 kilometers (9.5 miles) east of the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki early Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 Police said four Russian tourists have died and 30 others were injured when a bus overturned. The tourists were being transported from a nearby resort to Thessaloniki airport, from where they were due to return to Russia on a charter flight to St. Petersburg. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis) |
The bus overturned during rainfall before dawn, some 15 kilometres (9.5 miles) east of the city, according to police. The tourists were being transported from a resort on the nearby Halkidiki peninsula to Thessaloniki airport, from where they were due to return to Russia on a charter flight to St. Petersburg.
Firefighters smashed the front and rear windshields to help injured passengers off the bus.
"It was a chaotic scene, with people sitting on the road, crying and tending to injured relatives," paramedic Anestis Koukouridis told the Associated Press.
"One man managed to get his injured wife and child out of the bus. But he was injured too and he died moments later on the asphalt."
Thessaloniki traffic police chief Theodoros Tiriakidis said four of the injured were in serious condition.
Seventeen of the passengers on the bus were unharmed, while the Greek driver was also among the injured.
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