what happened in venice italy

On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, a bus carrying foreign tourists crashed off an elevated overpass in the Mestre suburb of Venice, Italy, killing at least 21 people and injuring 18 others. The bus veered off the road, crashed through a barrier, plummeted onto electricity lines, and caught fire. The cause of the accident is unclear, and Italian authorities are investigating the incident. The bus was carrying passengers from Ukraine, Germany, France, and Croatia. Two of the dead were children, and four of the injured were in serious condition following the accident. The injured were transferred to five different hospitals in the region. The Venice prefect declared the city in a state of mourning.