Bus crash kills 28, mostly Germans, on Portugal's Madeira

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Local mayor Filipe Sousa tells cable news channel SIC that the victims include 17 women and 11 men.

LISBON, Portugal — An official on Portugal’s Madeira Island says a tour bus crash has killed 28 people, most of them German tourists.

He says the bus carrying 55 people rolled down a steep hillside Wednesday after veering off the road on a bend east of the capital, Funchal.Residents say the weather was fine at the time of the accident, which happened in daylight in the early evening.Madeira is a popular vacation destination for Europeans.

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