MADRID:- Five people died and 20 others were injured Monday when a bus crashed into the pillar of a viaduct in northern Spain, authorities said. The accident took place in Aviles in the Asturias region, a spokeswoman for emergency services told AFP. "Five people have died," a spokesman for the central government's representative office in Asturias added - all of them passengers. Among the 20 injured was the driver, who had to have a limb amputated, the spokesman said. Photos published in local media showed the front of the bus split in half by the pillar. </s> MADRID - Five people died and 15 others were injured on Monday (Sept 3) when a bus crashed into the pillar of a viaduct in northern Spain, authorities said.

All five victims were passengers on the bus, a government spokesman in the region of Asturias told AFP.

The driver survived but was badly hurt and had to have a limb amputated after the crash in the town of Aviles.

Photos published in local media showed the front of the bus split in half by the pillar.

The cause of the accident was unknown.

It is the worst bus crash since March 2016 when 13 foreign students, most of them from Italy, died in an accident in the northeastern region of Catalonia. </s> Five people died and 20 others were injured Monday when a bus crashed into the pillar of a viaduct in northern Spain, authorities said.

The accident took place in Aviles in the Asturias region, a told AFP.

"Five people have died," a for the central government's office in Asturias added -- all of them passengers.

Among the 20 injured was the driver, who had to have a limb amputated, the said.

Photos published in showed the front of the bus split in half by the pillar.

The bus was travelling on a highway at the base of the viaduct when the accident happened, the causes of which are still unknown.

It is the worst bus crash since March 2016, when 13 foreign students, most of them from Italy, died in a bus accident in the northeastern region of Catalonia. </s> At least four people died and others were injured today when a bus crashed into the pillar of a viaduct in northern Spain, emergency services said.

The accident took place in Aviles, in the Asturias region, a told AFP.

"Four people have died," she said, adding that others had been injured. It was not clear if the victims were passengers or passers-by.

Photos published in showed the front of the bus split in half by the pillar. </s> 'Five people have died,' a spokesman for the central government's representative office in Asturias added – all of them passengers. Among the 20 injured was the driver, who had to have a limb amputated.

MADRID, Spain – Five people died and 20 others were injured on Monday, September 3, when a bus crashed into the pillar of a viaduct in northern Spain, authorities said.

The accident took place in Aviles in the Asturias region, a spokeswoman for emergency services told AFP.

"Five people have died," a spokesman for the central government's representative office in Asturias added – all of them passengers.

Among the 20 injured was the driver, who had to have a limb amputated, the spokesman said.

Photos published in local media showed the front of the bus split in half by the pillar.

The bus was travelling on a highway at the base of the viaduct when the accident happened, the causes of which are still unknown.

It is the worst bus crash since March 2016, when 13 foreign students, most of them from Italy, died in a bus accident in the northeastern region of Catalonia. – Rappler.com </s> All five victims were passengers on the bus, a government spokesman in the region of Asturias told AFP.

The driver survived but was badly hurt and had to have a limb amputated after the crash in the town of Aviles.

Photos published in local media showed the front of the bus split in half by the pillar.

The cause of the accident was unknown.

It is the worst bus crash since March 2016 when 13 foreign students, most of them from Italy, died in an accident in the northeastern region of Catalonia. </s> Cuba bus crash: At least five people have died in a crash in eastern Cuba

Cuban media reports the bus rolled after the driver attempted to overtake another vehicle on the wet and windy road. Twenty-two tourists from the UK, France, Holland, Mexico and Canada were among those onboard, according to state media. Officials have yet to release the names and nationalities of those who died.

Spain bus crash: Five dead as bus ploughs into bridge pillar in Aviles

Local media reports around 30 people were taken to hospital after the crash.

Today’s crash is the fourth accident involving a bus in less than a month on Cuba’s roads, according to Cuban news site 14ymedio.

On December 27, two people were killed and 33 injured when a lorry towing a trailer loaded with cane collided with a bus.

Just two weeks earlier, another crash involving a bus left three dead and 29 injured in the vicinity of Mayari, in the province of Holguin. </s> VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — An open-top double-decker tourist bus slammed into a low-hanging tree branch in Malta on Monday, killing two people and injuring 50 others, including a dozen children.

The accident happened in Zurrieq, a popular tourist destination just outside the capital that is famous for its ruins and "blue grotto."

Police said the two passengers who died were a 37-year-old Spanish woman and a 62-year-old Belgian man. They and most of the people injured were sitting on the top deck when the bus hit the branch.

Health Minister Chris Fearne said most of the passengers hailed from Belgium or Britain, though police said the seriously injured also included a German and an Italian.

Twelve of the 50 people hurt were children, two of whom suffered critical injuries.

The 24-year-old bus driver was not hurt.

Hop-on, hop-off buses are common for sightseeing in major cities in the United States and Europe.

In November 2015, 19 people were injured when a double-decker tour bus in San Francisco crashed into pedestrians, vehicles and construction scaffolding.

San Francisco police concluded the driver of the open-top bus had been going too fast. </s> Seven British and two Irish tourists were among 24 people injured in a bus crash in Barcelona, local government officials said.

Three of the casualties were seriously injured, while six suffered less serious injuries and 15 were treated for minor injuries, according to the region’s ministry of health.

All 23 passengers and one driver were injured.

Nationals from Germany, Spain, Poland, Belarus and Lithuania were also injured in the accident, which occurred at 3.10am local time (2.10am BST) on Wednesday near Barcelona’s El Prat airport.

The bus was transporting tourists from the resort of Lloret de Mar.

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokeswoman said: “We are in contact with Spanish authorities following a coach crash in Barcelona and are ready to help any Britons involved.”

Ambulance, police and the fire brigade crews attended the scene on the B-10 highway.

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A bus accident in Avilés, Spain, kills five people and injures 17 others.