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Several dead in German bus crash Five killed 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. Five people have been killed and several wounded in a bus crash near the western German city of Duesseldorf.
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 route when it came off the road and landed on its side at the edge of a river.
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 driver was among those killed. 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. Diving crews searched the Wupper river for bodies.
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. 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.
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.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 the Associated Press news agency of the accident.
"It sounded as though a house was collapsing," local resident Ferdinand Stock told AP of the accident.