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29 German tourists killed in Madeira bus crash

Rescue workers help victims of the Madeira bus crash, in which at least 29 people died. [AFP]

Twenty-nine German tourists were killed when their bus spun off the road and tumbled down a slope before crashing into a house on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

Drone footage of the aftermath of the accident showed the badly mangled wreckage of the bus resting precariously on its side against a building on a hillside, the vehicle's roof partially crushed and front window smashed.

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