Dead 31-year-old bus driver who was wedged in a parked truck

One dead and 3 injured is the tragic toll in the traffic accident that took place today at noon on Sunday (21/07/2024) on the island of Corfu.

The traffic accident happened at around three o’clock in the afternoon on Sunday (21/07/2024) in Corfu in the Sgobo area, when a tourist bus with 18 English passengers veered off its course and crashed into a truck parked on a side street of the main road.

The 31-year-old driver died from the severe impact, while three more people were injured. A British tourist and a mother with her child.

In fact, an entire operation had to be set up to free a mother and her child, since the front of the bus was wedged into the parked truck and it was impossible to free them.

22 firefighters with 5 vehicles tried to reach the scene, and they retrieved the unconscious driver from the bus carrying the tourists, while they freed an injured woman and a minor child who were taken by an EKAB ambulance.

One person was taken to the hospital with a broken leg, while other passengers of the fatal bus were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

The causes of the tragic accident are being investigated by the Corfu Traffic Investigation Department.