Several dead after tourist coach carrying 48 passengers flips over mountain road in Swiss Alps

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 16:40 EDT, 10 September 2026 | Updated: 17:07 EDT, 10 September 2026 Several people have died and others injured after a coach carrying tourists crashed and flipped over on a mountain road in Switzerland.The tour coach carrying 48 people overturned in the eastern Swiss canton of Graubunden, the largest holiday region in Switzerland, at 8pm on Thursday. Emergency services swarmed the scene, working around the coach as it lay on its side on an embankment next to the carriageway. Helicopters were seen landing near the scene. The Dutch Federation of Travel Agencies (ANVR) identified the coach as belonging to Oad, a Dutch tour company that runs holiday trips across Europe. It added all 48 passengers were from the Netherlands.Local authorities confirmed the fatalities, though they have not released the number of victims nor nationalities. 'Several people died in the coach crash in Susch. Several others were also injured,' the cantonal police said on X, without giving details on the circumstances of the accident or the victims' identities.A police spokesman said that the force did not wish to provide a more detailed toll until the victims' families had been informed.According to the ANVR, the coach left the Netherlands on Monday and was on a day trip to Switzerland from Austria when the crash happened. Several people have died and others injured after a coach carrying tourists crashed and flipped over on a mountain road in Switzerland Emergency services swarmed the scene, working around the coach as it lay on its side on an embankment next to the carriagewayThe incident occurred after the coach is believed to have barreled off the road, which connects the villages of Susch and Zernez, before overturning. Zernez is the entry point for visitors to the Swiss national park, a vast Alpine reserve stretching more than 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) across the mountainous Engadine valley. Police said an investigation into the cause of the crash has been launched and remains ongoing. Do YOU have a story? Email isabella.machin@dailymail.co.uk