At least five people died on Wednesday when a bus traveling from Berlin to Switzerland crashed and tipped over on a highway in eastern Germany, according to officials.
The car crash occurred on the A9 road close to Leipzig at around 9:45 in the morning. The road was shut down for traffic going in both directions.
It wasn’t clear right away why the bus, which was run by Flixbus and traveling from Berlin to Zurich, crashed off the road. Helicopters and ambulances came to help at the accident.
Police spokesperson Olaf Hoppe told n-tv television that there were “a lot of people hurt and at least five people dead. ”
Flixbus said that there were 53 people and two drivers on the bus, according to German news agency dpa. The company is working closely with local authorities and rescue services to find out quickly what caused the accident.
The A9 is a big road that goes from Berlin to Munich. The accident happened near the highway interchange at Schkeuditz, close to the Leipzig/Halle airport.
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At least five passengers dead after bus in eastern Germany crashed off highway
