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| FlixBus: Deadly crash on German motorway near Leipzig | |
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| The FlixBus coach veered to the right and overturned on the A9 autobahn | The FlixBus coach veered to the right and overturned on the A9 autobahn |
| Four people have been killed and 35 injured in a motorway crash involving a coach near the east German city of Leipzig, police say. | |
| The FlixBus coach veered to the right on the busy A9 autobahn before falling on to its side. | The FlixBus coach veered to the right on the busy A9 autobahn before falling on to its side. |
| It had left Berlin with two drivers and 52 passengers and was on its way to Nuremberg en route to Zurich, the company confirmed. | |
| Officials in the state of Saxony said their thoughts were with the victims. | Officials in the state of Saxony said their thoughts were with the victims. |
| Initial reports spoke of five deaths but police later confirmed four with a fifth person in a critical condition. | |
| In all, six people were seriously injured and 29 received light injuries. | |
| FlixBus, founded in Munich in 2011, runs a network of long-distance coach services in Europe, America and Asia. | FlixBus, founded in Munich in 2011, runs a network of long-distance coach services in Europe, America and Asia. |
| The company said the accident had happened at around 10:00 (09:00 GMT) on the A9, the north-south motorway from Berlin to Munich. The 107 service bus was two hours into its southbound journey at the time of the crash at a junction near Leipzig/Halle Airport, to the north-west of the city. | The company said the accident had happened at around 10:00 (09:00 GMT) on the A9, the north-south motorway from Berlin to Munich. The 107 service bus was two hours into its southbound journey at the time of the crash at a junction near Leipzig/Halle Airport, to the north-west of the city. |
| Police told German media that no other vehicle had been involved in the incident. | |
| "The exact circumstances of the accident are not yet known," the company said in a statement, adding that the long-distance service was being run on behalf of FlixBus. "Our thoughts are with all those affected by this accident and their families." | "The exact circumstances of the accident are not yet known," the company said in a statement, adding that the long-distance service was being run on behalf of FlixBus. "Our thoughts are with all those affected by this accident and their families." |
| Police said rescue helicopters and a large number of ambulances had been immediately called to the scene. | |
| Local hospitals were told to prepare for a major emergency. Both carriageways on the autobahn were closed near the Schkeuditzer Kreuz interchange. | |
| Coaches have crashed in the past on the A9 motorway near Leipzig, most recently in December. A woman was killed in a coach accident on the A9 in 2019, some 20km (12 miles) south of Wednesday's crash in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. | Coaches have crashed in the past on the A9 motorway near Leipzig, most recently in December. A woman was killed in a coach accident on the A9 in 2019, some 20km (12 miles) south of Wednesday's crash in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. |
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