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Deaths feared in German bus crash | Deaths feared in German bus crash |
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Several people are reported to have been killed after a bus came off a road and slid down an embankment east of Duesseldorf, in western Germany. | Several people are reported to have been killed after a bus came off a road and slid down an embankment east of Duesseldorf, in western Germany. |
About 15 people were on the bus, which was travelling a regular local route. | About 15 people were on the bus, which was travelling a regular local route. |
The bus landed on its side at the edge of a river. Some survivors managed to escape from the wreckage, but others were trapped inside, German media said. | |
A police spokesman said: "At the moment we believe that there are several dead and injured." | |
Police said the bus, which was travelling near the town of Radevormwald, gained speed on a downhill stretch, broke through a crash barrier and plunged 20m (65ft). | Police said the bus, which was travelling near the town of Radevormwald, gained speed on a downhill stretch, broke through a crash barrier and plunged 20m (65ft). |
Dozens of policemen, fire fighters and rescue workers were on the scene, while divers searched the river for bodies. |