The incident took place on Tuesday night, when the bus carrying 52 tourists crashed into the wall of a motorway tunnel near Switzerland’s borders with Italy, AFP reported.
The passengers were returning to Belgium from a skiing holiday in Switzerland.
Local authorities immediately dispatched helicopters to help evacuate the wounded. The remaining 24 children on the bus are, according to the police, being treated in four different hospitals in the area. Some are reportedly seriously injured.
Meanwhile, the Belgian foreign ministry confirmed that the passengers were registered in Belgium, adding that the children were aged around 12.
According to the police, the cause of the accidents is still unknown
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