Armenia’s PM sends condolence letter over Swiss bus crash
Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has sent a condolence letter to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mr Elio Di Rupo, over the tragic bus crash in Switzerland.
"I deeply mourn over the tragedy that claimed the lives of 28 people. In the name of the Armenian government and myself, I extend our deepest condolences to the friendly Belgian people and relatives of the victims, wishing you strength and patience at this difficult moment," Tigran Sargsyan said in the letters.
Twenty-two students and six adults were killed, while another 24 people were hospitalized. The crash occurred at approximately 9 p.m. on March 13, shortly after the bus departed a ski camp where children from two schools had just spent a few days. The children and their guardians were on their way back to Belgium. Investigators believe the bus veered off the road and hit a curb before it slammed into a concrete wall inside the tunnel on a highway near the southern town of Sierre, Switzerland.
