Portuguese bus crash kills three and injures 43

At least three people were killed and 43 injured today when a bus skidded off the road during a storm in northern Portugal.

At least three people were killed and 43 injured today when a bus skidded off the road during a storm in northern Portugal.

The bus was travelling from Paris with 46 people aboard. It crashed near the town of Macedo de Cavaleiros some 200 km from its destination - the northern town of Oporto.

The bus had a Spanish registration but the nationalities of the victims were not known.

Reuters

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