Tourist bus falls in Italy, watch rescue operation in pics

New Delhi: A tourist bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffic, killing at least 37 people.Flashing signs near Avellino, outside Naples, had warned of slowed traffic ahead along a stretch of the A116 autostrada, a major highway crossing southern Italy, before the crash occurred. They said the bus driver, for reasons not yet determined, appeared to have lost control of his vehicle.Watch in pics the rescue operation:Bus lies on its side after plunging off a highway near Avellino, southern Italy. People and rescuers stand by smashed cars on the highway near Avellino.The wreckage of the bus lies on its side following a crash near AvellinoA firefighter stands near the wreckage of the bus following a crashA Carabiniere police officer looks at the wreckage of the busA crane lifts up the wreckage of the bus Firefighters walk past the blood-stained cement guardrail after bus crashed from a highwayFirefighters work on the wreckage of a bus that plunged off the A16 highway A rescuer stands in the wreckage of the bus Covered bodies lie by the road following bus crash