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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-12T05:01:01.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
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    "their bus veered off a busy road on La Gomera",
    "British tourist dead and more 20 injured after bus loses control and crashes into ravine on Canary Islands",
    "Mauritius issues fiery swipe at Britain with vow to reclaim Chagos Islands after Labour delays deal",
    "US military plane damaged after man breaks into airport and attacks aircraft with hatchet",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nAn elderly British couple who survived a bus crash in the Canary Islands have told GB News the incident felt \"like something out of a film\".\n\nThey described feeling time slow down as they were hurtling down the hill, after their bus veered off a busy road on La Gomera.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"The bus did two somersaults down the cliff. Luckily, we were strapped in, but when the bus stopped, we were hanging upside down,\" they said.\n\nThe couple said they felt like they were the \"lucky ones… walking away with only bruises\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSome 27 Britons were on board the bus when it crashed on the island of La Gomera on Friday.\n\nThey were travelling back to Tenerife to catch a flight home after their Easter holidays when disaster struck.\n\nThe bus left the windy hill-top road at a hairpin bend and rolled about 20 metres before stopping.\n\nA 77-year-old man died in the incident, while five other British tourists remained in hospital on Saturday.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA total of 21 British tourists have been discharged from hospital and are staying at a 4-star hotel near La Gomera’s capital, San Sebastian, while waiting to return to the UK.\n\nOne man, who spoke to GB News with a bandage on his leg, said he now feels like a \"broken soldier\".\n\nHe said he was \"traumatised\" by the crash, which left his parents in hospital with head injuries.\n\nAnother mum, who survived the bus crash with her young son, told GB News the ordeal was \"terrifying\".\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:\n\n\n\n\n  * British tourist dead and more 20 injured after bus loses control and crashes into ravine on Canary Islands\n  * Mauritius issues fiery swipe at Britain with vow to reclaim Chagos Islands after Labour delays deal\n  * US military plane damaged after man breaks into airport and attacks aircraft with hatchet\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOne family told GB News they were on two separate buses back to the airport.\n\nThe daughter and son-in-law made it safely to the airport in Tenerife and caught their flight.\n\nThey only found out that the bus their mother was on the crashed bus when they landed back in Britain.\n\nThe couple have now flown back out to La Gomera to be with their mother, who was badly injured in the crash.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSpanish officials are continuing their investigation into the cause of the crash, with mechanical failure as one of their theories at this stage.\n\n\"Emergency health services attended to the 28 occupants of the bus, 27 tourists of British nationality and the driver,\" a local government spokesman said yesterday.\n\nIn an update around 6.30pm local time, a Civil Guard spokesman said: \"The man who died in the bus crash in La Gomera is a 77-year-old British national.\"\n\nAngel Victor Torres, Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, added: \"Tragic news in La Gomera, with the confirmation of one person deceased.\n\n\"Very attentive to the actions in these first moments of the emergency services and the healthcare personnel.\n\n\"With a heavy heart. May there be no more victims.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "British survivors of fatal bus crash in Canary Islands tell GB News of 'terrifying' ordeal"
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