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Bus driver dies following sudden illness at the wheel

At around 5.40pm on Monday, a 55-year-old bus driver died after suffering a medical emergency while driving on the CR349 between Scheidel and Kehmen, causing the bus to leave the road.

As a result of the bus driver’s medical emergency, he lost control of the vehicle. Police officers attempted to resuscitate him, but all efforts were unsuccessful. The 55-year-old man died at the scene. The public prosecutor’s office was informed and a post-mortem examination has been ordered to establish the exact cause of death.

In response to enquiries from RTL, it was confirmed that there was one passenger on board the bus at the time of the incident. The passenger was unharmed.

Also today

• Planned taxi reform is facing mounting opposition, with the national taxi federation joining two major professional chambers in criticising the proposed liberalisation over fears of unfair competition and a lack of clarity.
• French authorities have summoned Elon Musk to a “voluntary interview” and searched the local offices of his social media network X today in a probe into alleged political interference and sexual deepfakes.
• Minister Serge Wilmes has confirmed the CGFP will be the sole negotiator for the next civil service wage agreement, citing its overwhelming win in last year’s social elections.
• Amid allegations that orthopaedic surgeon Dr Philippe Wilmes performed unnecessary knee operations, the directors of the CHL and HRS hospitals stressed that their primary concern is patient safety, not institutional rivalry.
• Following in the footsteps of Australia, the Spanish government wants to ban access to social media for children under the age of 16 in order to shield them from a world of “pornography” and “violence”.
• The son of Norway’s crown princess, Marius Borg Hoiby, this morning pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape at the opening of a trial that has thrown the royal family into turmoil. He is due to take the stand tomorrow.

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Figure of the day

Teen swims four hours to save family lost at sea off Australia

• A 13-year-old boy recounted on Tuesday how he swam for four hours through choppy waters off Western Australia to get help for his family in a feat hailed by rescuers as “superhuman”.
  The boy, named in local media as Austin Appelbee, made it across four kilometres (2.5 miles) of ocean to raise the alarm after his mother and two younger siblings were swept out to sea.
  
• When he reached the beach, the teen said he called emergency services and asked them to deploy boats, helicopters and planes, telling them: “My family is out at sea.”
  Marine rescue volunteer Paul Bresland said the teen’s four-hour swim saved his family, who were eventually found clinging to a paddleboard in the open ocean off the tourist town of Quindalup.
  

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