A funeral was held in the southern town of Pozzuoli for the thirty-eight victims who died in the bus crash on Sunday.

Bishop of Pozzuoli, Gennaro Pascarella, who said the homily urged people to provide economic support for those who will need financial help without family members to take care of them. He also said that authorities should ensure that this does not happen again.

"Political and religious institutions should not leave our brothers alone, especially those who have found themselves without any economic support," said Bishop Pascarella.

"We feel terrible. We all know each other here. We are all a bit like brothers and sisters," the BBC quoted Franco, whose friend died in the accident.

Prime Minister Enrico Letta shared the day of mourning with rescue workers. On Monday, relatives of victims came to a school sports arena to identify the bodies of loved ones.

Ciro, who lost his brother in the fatal accident, told BBC, "They told me to look at all the bodies until I found my brother."
He added, "It was like a mountain had fallen on my head."

Apart from the passengers hurt from the coach bus, nine others were hurt from the collision between the bus and the cars in the vicinity.

Emerging reports said that there was no sign of braking ahead of the crash, but the police said they will look at the crash barriers, the condition of the bus, and the role of the driver, who died in the crash.