| After almost an hour, rescuers took his body from the hole, and paramedics declared him dead at the scene. |
| As darkness fell, the eerie scene was lit by huge banks of bright industrial klieg lights to help rescuers. |
| When the rescuers returned, the sniffer dog whined, indicating it detected the smell of a corpse. |
| Shortly afterward, the others heard whinnies and neighs and the two rescuers urging their steeds forward. |
| The motorway was closed as rescuers battled to free casualties from the twisted wreckage of the coach. |
| Victims of the disaster and their rescuers saw sights normally seen only by the military in wartime. |
