What the records say
- When
- 30 Jul 2009
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 41.61° N, 2.61° E
- Description
- 2009 motor vehicle incident in Spain
- Deaths
- 6
Sant Pol de Mar bus crash
2009 motor vehicle incident in Spain
The Sant Pol de Mar bus crash was a traffic accident which occurred on the evening of 30 July 2009 in Sant Pol de Mar, near Barcelona, in north-eastern Spain. A double-decker bus carrying Dutch tourists left the highway on a bend at the exit for the town, hit a car and a metal crash barrier and overturned. Six Dutch tourists were killed and between 36 and 44 people, including the driver, were injured, some seriously.
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