At least five people died in the’accident of a bus leaving the’ A9 this Wednesday morning, March 27, near Leipzig. The vehicle left Berlin and was due to reach Zurich, Switzerland. The Flixbus trip turned into a drama.
At least five people died in the’accidenta coach of’a German company, which left the’ this Wednesday morning of March 27, near Leipzig, in the’est of’Germany. “The bus left the road and s’is overturned”, according to a police source. The number of injured was revised upwards throughout the day : there are « about twenty, some of them serious », according to a new police report. No details on the’ identity of the victims n’ has been unveiled.
The’accident is produced around 9:45 am near the town of Wiedemar, on the’ A9 motorway that crosses Saxony. The’autocar had left Berlin that morning and was to go to Zurich, Switzerland. It had 53 passengers and two drivers on board, Flixbus said. “The exact circumstances of the’accident are not yet known”, claims the’company, which ensures “cooperating with authorities and rescue services”.
According to the first findings, the bus left the road for an unknown reason, S’is driven into the bushes and fell to the side. No other vehicle’ was involved in the’accident, police said. The bus driver was not among those killed, but police did not provide more details about his condition.
Immediately after the’ accident, hospitals in the area were put on alert. The’s emergency rooms have prepared to receive people and the’operation rooms have been released, said a spokesman for the Diakonissen Hospital in Leipzig, reports the Suddeutsche Zeitung.
The bus was straightened around noon using straps so that the other passengers could be rescued behind a barnum erected by the police. The’ A9 motorway was temporarily closed this Wednesday morning.
L’axe was reopened towards Berlin in the early afternoon’ but remained closed towards Munich. Rescue operations could continue into the evening, a police spokesman told German news agency dpa’. Just under five years ago, on May 19, 2019, a Flixbus bus, operating on the Berlin-Munich route, also had an accident near Leipzig, one dead and more than 60 wounded.
