July 30, 2013 -- Updated 1608 GMT (0008 HKT)
Throngs of mourners gathered in southern Italy on Tuesday for the
funeral of 38 people killed when their bus plunged off a bridge as it
returned from a visit to a Catholic shrine. FULL STORY
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A WEEKEND OF TRAVEL TRAGEDIES
July 30, 2013 -- Updated 1553 GMT (2353 HKT)
Relatives gather during the funeral held at a local indoor sports arena on July 30, 2013 in Pozzuoli, Italy.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: Investigations are focused on the bus driver, the chief prosecutor says
- NEW: Some 5,000 mourners attend the funeral of 38 people killed in the bus crash -- police
- Prime Minister Enrico Letta is among those at the service in Pozzuoli
- The bus plunged off a bridge as it returned from a weekend visit to a Catholic shrine
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta was among those who attended the service in the village of Pozzuoli, near Naples.
He said on Twitter that Tuesday would be a national day of mourning for the victims.
An estimated 5,000 people turned out for the funeral, held in a sports arena, a spokeswoman for the Naples police said.
The bus was traveling
east of Naples in Avellino province when it crashed late Sunday. The
passengers had participated in a weekend pilgrimage to the Padre Pio
shrine in Pietrelcina.
Rosario Cantelmo, the
Avellino prosecutor who is coordinating the investigation, told CNN that
the bus driver -- who was among those killed -- is the focus of
inquiries.
An autopsy on the driver's body should be completed in the coming days, Cantelmo said.
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Andrea Regione, a
photographer for the Corriere dell'Irpinia newspaper, told CNN that the
bus went off a bridge and fell roughly 30 meters (almost 100 feet) into a
heavily wooded area below.
Photos from the scene showed a broken guardrail and the bus lying on its side.
Avellino police official
Pasquale Picone said the bus struck 11 cars on the road before falling
off the bridge, leading police to suspect the bus had brake problems.
But the exact cause of the accident remains unknown.
The funeral in Pozzuoli
comes only a day after a somber memorial Mass in Spain for 79 victims of
last week's train crash outside Santiago de Compostela.
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