Emergency staff members transfer an injured person in Capri island, Italy, on July 22, 2021. At least one was killed and 28 were injured after a minibus went off the road on the Italian island of Capri on Thursday, according to local sources.Photo:Xinhua

 

An overturned minibus is seen at the accident site on Capri island, Italy, on July 22, 2021. At least one was killed and 28 were injured after the minibus went off the road on the Italian island of Capri on Thursday, according to local sources.Photo:Xinhua

 

Emergency staff members transfer an injured person in Capri island, Italy, on July 22, 2021. At least one was killed and 28 were injured after a minibus went off the road on the Italian island of Capri on Thursday, according to local sources.Photo:Xinhua

 

An overturned minibus is seen at the accident site on Capri island, Italy, on July 22, 2021. At least one was killed and 28 were injured after the minibus went off the road on the Italian island of Capri on Thursday, according to local sources.Photo:Xinhua

 
At least one was killed and 28 were injured after a minibus went off the road on the Italian island of Capri on Thursday, according to local sources.

Ten passengers were on board when the minibus broke the guardrail and crashed for some meters into Le Ondine beach resort in the area of Marina Grande shortly before noon, the Italian Fire Corps said.

The driver died in the crash, while 28 people, including passengers and other people who were in the area, were hurt.

At least two of the injured, including a minor, were reportedly in serious conditions and were transferred from the emergency room of a local hospital to two hospitals in Naples, La Repubblica newspaper reported, citing local health service.

The public transport minibus was serving its regular route and had left from the port of Capri island, which lies in the Bay of Naples.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident, according to ANSA news agency.