29 dead as tourist coach overturns on Portuguese island

All the victims are thought to be German, according the mayor, and were travelling to an evening meal in the capital.

At least 29 people were killed after a tour bus carrying German tourists crashed on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

The accident happened around 6.30pm local time (5.30pm GMT), near the Quinta Splendida Hotel in Canico, when the vehicle carrying 55 people veered off a steep narrow road and rolled down a steep hillside.