OSLO - A bus carrying several foreign tourists went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a lake near the Raftsundet strait that separates the Lofoten archipelago from the Norwegian mainland, killing three people and injuring four, police said on Dec 26.

A bus carrying several foreign tourists went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a lake near the Raftsundet strait that separates the Lofoten archipelago from the Norwegian mainland, killing three people and injuring four,

While addressing local reporters, police said that some of the evacuated passengers were brought to a local school while three were transferred to a nearby hospital using a helicopter

The disaster happened in the famous tourist area in northern Norway, near Raftsundet, while bus had been traveling from the town of Narvik to the Lofoten archipelago.

A bus carrying several foreign tourists went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a lake near the Raftsundet strait that separates the Lofoten archipelago from the Norwegian mainland, killing three people and injuring four,

People have died following a bus crash in Norway, police say. The accident happened at around 13:30 local time (12:30GMT) in the Hadsel district on Norway's northwestern coast. The bus came off the road and ended up partially in a body of water, according to public broadcaster NRK.

The accident happened around 1:30pm when the bus came off the road and ended up partially in the Åsvatnet lake, according to reports.

At least three people have died, and four have been seriously injured in a bus accident in northwestern Norway. The bus, likely carrying 58 passengers, veered off the road and slid down a slope into Lake Asvatnet.