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At least 29 people, most of them German tourists, died and 27 more were injured in a bus accident on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Wednesday, authorities said.
The bus carrying 55 people rolled down a steep hillside after veering off the road on a bend in the coastal town of Canico and struck at least one house, Mayor Filipe Sousa told cable news channel SIC. It was earlier reported that 17 women and 11 men were killed.  

“I have no words to describe what happened. I cannot face the suffering of these people,” Sousa told SIC TV.
He said that the tourists in the bus were all German but that some pedestrians might have been hit by the bus.
Pedro Calado, vice-president of Madeira’s regional government, said that the injured, including the Portuguese driver and a local tour guide, were hospitalised. He did not say whether anyone not on the bus was among the victims.
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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa told SIC TV that some of the victims were from Madeira but most were German.




Other members of the same group of German tourists were travelling in another bus, which was not involved in the accident, a regional civil protection spokesman said at a news conference.
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said in a tweet that he had sent condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “I learned of this tragic accident in Madeira with deep sorrow,” he said.

Merkel’s spokesman said, “Terrible news is reaching us from Madeira”. Steffen Seibert, the spokesman, wrote that “we are in deepest sorrow over all those who lost their lives in the bus crash”. He added: “Our thoughts are with the injured.”
Germany’s foreign ministry said its embassy in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, was in contact with local authorities in Madeira. Seibert said the government has set up a telephone hotline for people worried about family members.

Residents said the weather was fine at the time of the accident, which happened in daylight in the early evening.
Madeira, off northwest Africa, is a popular holiday destination for Europeans because of its mild climate and lush, hilly landscape. The peak season is during the summer, but it also gets many visitors during Easter.
Authorities said they are investigating the cause of the crash.
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In this image from video, emergency services attend to injured at the scene after a tour bus crashed at Canico, on Portugal's Madeira Island, Wednesday April 17, 2019. Some 28 people are reported to have died in the crash, most of them German tourists, local mayor Filipe Sousa told TV news. (TVI via AP)

Firemen help a victim of a tourist bus that crashed on April 17, 2019 in Caniço, on the Portuguese island of Madeira. - At least 28 people were killed when a tourist bus crashed on the Portuguese island of Madeira, the local mayor told local media. The regional protection service did not confirm the toll when questioned by AFP. (Photo by RUI SILVA / AFP)

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Tourists on board were all German, but some pedestrians may have been struck
Accident happened in residential area in coastal Portuguese town of Canico


Tourists on board were all German, but some pedestrians may have been struck


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At least 29 killed, 27 injured on Madeira as tour bus overturns after rolling down steep hillside

Tourists on board were all German, but some pedestrians may have been struck Accident happened in residential area in coastal Portuguese town of Canico

Tourists on board were all German, but some pedestrians may have been struck

Accident happened in residential area in coastal Portuguese town of Canico