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| Several dead in German bus crash | Several dead in German bus crash |
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| Several people have been killed after a bus came off a road and slid down an embankment near 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. | 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. |
| One report said five people were killed, and another said four. Several others were injured. | One report said five people were killed, and another said four. Several others were 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) to end up partly submerged in the Wupper river. | |
| Dozens of policemen, fire fighters and rescue workers were on the scene, while divers searched the river for bodies. | Dozens of policemen, fire fighters and rescue workers were on the scene, while divers searched the river for bodies. |
| Firemen cut down several trees to clear room for a crane to lift the bus out of the water. | |
| The driver, a 45-year-old man, was among the dead, police were quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. | |
| "It sounded as though a house was collapsing," local resident Ferdinand Stock told AP of the accident. |