Horror as man, 31, killed on the way back from his stag party when coach came off the road with four pals seriously hurt | The Sun

A GROOM-to-be has been killed on his stag do after the coach he was riding crashed in Austria.

Reports say the coach was carrying 32 passengers at the time of the accident close to the town of Schladming, 140 miles southwest of the Austrian capital Vienna.

The young man, 31, died when the coach fell down an embankment, rolling over several times, in the western Austrian province of Styria.

It is reported that the coach struck the barrier while making a sharp turn on a country lane and came off, landing on the roof of a building down the slope.

A further four passengers were seriously injured and 26 were slightly injured.

The bus driver, 51, was also seriously injured and rushed to hospital.

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German publication Die Welt reports that the dead man was on his stag do and the group were returning from a tobogganing trip when the accident happened.

The husband-to-be is said to be from the town of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria, southwest Germany.

Police said more than 160 emergency services personnel from the ambulance service, fire brigade, and police were on duty at the scene.

In a statement, police said: "The coach was secured on the instructions of the Leoben public prosecutor's office and will be examined by experts."

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