“Quite a few” individuals injured after a bus touring from Berlin, Germany to Zurich, Switzerland, leaves the A9 motorway.
A minimum of 5 individuals had been killed when a bus touring from Berlin to Switzerland veered off a street in jap Germany and ended up on its facet, police say.
“Quite a few” others had been injured within the incident on the A9 motorway close to Leipzig round 9:45 am (08:45 GMT) on Wednesday, police within the state of Saxony mentioned on social media platform X.
The A9 is a vital north-south freeway that connects the German capital to Munich. It was closed in each instructions after the crash.
It was not instantly clear why the bus, which was operated by Flixbus and was en path to Zurich, went off the street. Rescue helicopters and ambulances had been on the scene.
Flixbus mentioned 53 passengers and two drivers had been on board, German information company dpa reported.
The corporate mentioned it was working intently with native authorities and rescue companies and would do every little thing to shortly clear up the reason for the accident.
On the Deaconess Hospital in Leipzig, the emergency division was alerted, and working theaters and diagnostic rooms had been ready and saved on standby, a spokesman mentioned.
