At least six people were killed when a bus and a car collided in a road tunnel in Switzerland today, police said.
The crash occurred in the Viamala tunnel on the A13 motorway in the eastern canton of Grisons near the border with Italy and Austria.
Both the bus and car caught fire after the collision, local media reported.
Police said one person was seriously injured and five others were hurt.
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Rescue efforts were continuing and it was feared the death toll could rise.
The Swiss news agency ATS said the bus was carrying 23 ice-hockey players from the GDT Bellinzona club, based in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known.