At least 1 dead after tourist bus overturns in Tuscany

At least one person has died when a tourist bus carrying Russian holidaymakers overturned in a highway accident in the region of Tuscany, according to Italian news agency ANSA.

ANSA said Wednesday that some people were trapped inside the bus.

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Highway authorities said a section of the Siena-Florence highway had been closed in one direction as a precaution.

No other information was immediately available.

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