Several guardian angels

Tyrol: Rock crashed onto the road and hit a bus

The occupants of a bus in Pfunds in the Tyrolean district of Landeck had several guardian angels on Monday evening! A rock that thundered onto the Reschenstrasse rolled over the roof of the vehicle. Nobody was injured in the incident. The road was closed.

"Following a rockfall on the B 180 Reschenstraße at kilometer 26.6 in the municipality of Pfunds, the road between the Kajetansbrücke bridge and Nauders is closed. An assessment of the slope by the provincial geology department is not possible until Tuesday morning due to the onset of darkness," reads a statement from the province. 

Driver and passengers escaped with shock
A bypass is possible for all traffic via the B 184 and B 185 via Martina (Switzerland). According to the information available, the rock hit a bus and rolled off over the roof. No one was injured.