2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash

The bus accident at Monte Irpino occurred on July 28, 2013 at 20:30 clock on the A16 Napoli-Bari, European route 842 between Monte Irpino and Baiano, Campania, Italy. Here are 50 of the occupants, especially children and young people, at least 38 killed and 10 seriously injured. One person is still missing.

Expiration

Initial investigations suggest that the bus company Mondo Travel ascended unrestrained a traffic jam before the toll station at Avellino. Of these, 7 cars were pushed into each other. Then the bus broke through the guardrail and plunged into a 30 meter deep gorge.

The salvage operation designed due to the rugged and forested slopes to be very difficult. The survivors were taken to hospitals in the area. The tour group was on the way back from a pilgrimage Telese Terme to Naples. The body of the bus driver has been transferred to the coroner to further investigations. The exact cause of the crash is not yet known, tire damage is suspected.

Further studies open a new theory that the brakes of a 18 year old bus may have been defective. Grinding marks on the guardrail, extending over several hundred meters, and let oil and gear remains on the highway suspect that the bus driver could have tried to slow down the bus by engine brake and sheet metal brake.