At least 5 individuals had been killed and a dozen others had been wounded when a bus veered off a German motorway close to Leipzig on Wednesday.
The bus got here off the A9 motorway and overturned within the morning between Wiedemar and the Schkeuditzer Kreuz motorway junction, police stated.
“Several people were fatally injured in the serious accident on the A9 motorway. There are numerous casualties,” police within the state of Saxony stated on social media platform X.
Emergency providers attended to the injured on the scene and the motorway was closed in each instructions, German authorities stated.
The bus belonged to German journey firm Flixbus and was on its means from Berlin to Zurich, Flixbus stated in a press release.
There had been 53 passengers and two drivers on board, the price range operator stated.
“The exact circumstances of the accident are not yet known,” Flixbus stated.
“We are of course working closely with the local authorities and the emergency services on site and will do everything in our power to clarify the cause of the accident quickly and completely,” it stated.
Source: www.dailysabah.com