unofficial in charge of identifying the victims is already in place. but. germany has also set up a hotline for the victims' families. on twitter portugal's prime minister antonio cost expressed his condolences and reached out to german chancellor angela merkel the driver has reportedly survived authorities must now determine what caused the bus to veer off the road. the information we have from the company is that the bus was relatively new machine. it was just five years old but apparently safety rules were followed that it's premature to talk about the cause of the accident was of was the dance the diplomats. a philosophy based on thursday european parliamentarians held a minute of silence for the victims. while three days of mourning will be observed