Scores Feared Dead As Bus Collides With Truck In Germany

No fewer than 18 people are feared dead after a bus collided with a truck in Bavaria, Germany on Monday, German officials say.

The bus which was carrying about 48 people, including a tour group from the eastern part of the country burst into flames after the collision, government spokesman Steffen Seibert told a news conference.

“Unfortunately numerous people – a tour group from (the eastern German state of) Saxony – lost their lives in this burning bus,” Seibert said.

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Police said on Twitter that “a number of people” had died with 31 people injured, some of them seriously.

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