Bus Crashes in Germany, Killing at Least 18
By MELISSA EDDYJULY 3, 2017
LEIPZIG, Germany — A bus carrying a tour group of 46 seniors
and two drivers on a main north-south artery in Germany crashed on Monday into a tractor-trailer and burst into flames, killing at least 18 people, the Bavarian police said.
Upper Franconia said that It is now clear that all 18 missing bus passengers lost their life in the accident,
"Only steel parts are recognizable, so you can understand what
that meant for the people in this bus." Local news outlets in Saxony reported that the bus had left the regional capital, Dresden, and was bound for Lake Garda in Italy.
The crash occurred around 7 a.m. in stop-and-go traffic caused by construction along the
A9 highway near Stammbach, in the southeastern state of Bavaria, the police said.
Several hundred rescue workers and police officers remained at the site hours after the crash,
which blocked traffic in both directions on the highway, which links Bavaria with Berlin.
Anne Höfer, a spokeswoman for the Bavarian police, said the bus was already in flames when officers and firefighters arrived at the scene.