EDIS Number: VI-20140719-44596-DEU
Date / time: 19/07/2014 10:39:07 [UTC]
Event: Vehicle Accident
Area: Europe
Country: Germany
State/County: State of Saxony
Location: [Near to Dresden]
Number of Deads: 9 person(s)
Number of Injured: 43 person(s)
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: N/A
Description:
Nine people were killed and 43 others injured when three buses collided on a highway in eastern Germany, police said today. The crash near the city of Dresden, which happened at about 2am local time, involved a Polish bus, a Ukrainian bus and a Polish minibus, said a spokesman. According to a preliminary investigation, the Polish bus hit the rear of the Ukrainian bus and then broke through the central barrier, crashing into the oncoming minibus. Six of those killed were Polish citizens. German public broadcaster MDR reported that most of those who died were in the minibus. The injured were taken to hospitals in Dresden and Radebeul, police said.
