Passengers escape sinking bus (video)

A video uploaded on social media shows a public bus with passengers being swept away in the town of Koufalia, in the Peloponnese, by the raging waters during the torrential downpour that struck most Greece, Tuesday. The passengers managed to escape from the vehicle’s rooftop.

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