Two Britons die in Swiss motorbike crash
1 Jun, 2011
Updated Wed 1 Jun 2011 11:12 CEST
Two British citizens were killed in a motorbike pile-up in southern Switzerland that involved nine vehicles, reports have said.
The head-on collision between a German motorcyclist and the eight British riders occurred on Tuesday afternoon on a motorway near Splügen, Canton Graubünden, said the Corriere del Ticino newspaper. The two victims, aged 50 and 56, died at the scene, the paper said, citing a police official. No other details were available.
The German and another British rider were flown to a hospital in the area, as traffic was diverted for hours.
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