Miraculous escape for tourist bus after dramatic Alpine brake failure

On Saturday, a coach carrying 22 Polish tourists lost its brakes while travelling on the Alpine route Grossglocknerstrasse. The driver had no option but to throw the vehicle onto its side in order to slow it down. The roof was torn apart as it slid into the road-side supports, though the final steel barrier saved it from going over the precipice. Sixteen were injured, the driver and one passenger most seriously, though a Polish embassy employee in Vienna confirmed that their life was not in danger. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5), M.T.