A crash involving a lorry, postal bus and a car in northern Switzerland has killed two people and injured five others.

Police said the victims were an 18-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, who are both Swiss nationals and were passengers in the bus.

Three other bus passengers and two people in the car that was travelling behind the bus were injured and taken to hospitals in Aarau and Baden.

The drivers of the lorry and bus and two other bus passengers were uninjured.

The crash occurred on the road between the towns of Endingen and Lengnau in Aargau state. Swiss postal buses combine delivering mail and carrying passengers in remote areas.

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