14 dead after ski tour coach crashes down mountainside

Jan 15, 2016 - 06:17
Jan 15, 2016 - 06:22
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14 dead after ski tour coach crashes down mountainside
Up to 14 people were killed after a bus plunged off a road in central Japan on Friday morning (Picture: EPA/JUN YASUKAWA)

At least 14 people have been killed and 27 injured after a ski tour bus crashed down a mountainside in central Japan.

The bus veered off onto the opposite lane of a mountain road near the popular resort town of Karuizawa.

It crashed into a guardrail and tumbled down the mountainside.

The tour bus was carrying 41 people when it crashed around 2am on Friday.

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The oveight tour bus was on its way to a popular ski resort (Picture: Kyodo News via AP)

Most of the passengers were reportedly in their teens and twenties.

According to Japanese media, the bus fell three metres down the mountainside and landed on its side, leaving its front windows smashed.

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The tour bus was carrying 41 people when it crashed around 2am on Friday (Picture: Kyodo News via AP)

The tourist bus had left Tokyo"s Harajuku district on Thursday evening for the four-hour jouey to Kita Shiga, a ski resort in Tokyo.

It is not yet known why the bus crashed but the transport ministry have launched an investigation.

 

 

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