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Swiss bus driver allegedly "was changing DVD" before crash

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/switzerland_bus_crash_driver_was_tAJEy1600n6glIGmqmYLcM

VALAIS, Switzerland -- The driver of a Belgian bus that crashed in Switzerland killing 22 children and six adults was changing a DVD seconds before the fatal incident, Swiss daily Aargauer Zeitung reported Thursday, citing survivors.

Several young survivors recovering in Swiss hospitals told their parents that they saw the driver about to change the DVD just before the accident on Tuesday evening, the German-language newspaper reported in a joint investigation with Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws.

According to the report, even a temporary lapse in concentration while performing this task could have been enough to lose control of the bus, which crashed violently in a Swiss tunnel.

Twenty-two children and six adults, including the two drivers, died in the accident. Another 24 were injured, including three critically.

The children -- aged around 12 -- were returning home to Belgium from a skiing trip. The bus, which was carrying 52 people, was one of three hired by a Christian group. 

 A Swiss police spokesman said the claims were "pure speculation."

 

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