At least three people have died in a bus crash in Norway, state media is reporting. The accident happened at around 13:30 local time (12:30GMT) in the Hadsel district on the country's north-western coast. The bus came off the road and ended up partially in a body of water, according to public broadcaster NRK.

The bus, which was carrying more than 50 people, was partly submerged after leaving a road in the country’s northwest.

A bus carrying several foreign tourists went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a lake near the Raftsundet strait that separates the Lofoten archipelago from the Norwegian mainland, killing three people and injuring four,