Bus from Kosovo to Hanover crashes near Salzburg in Austria
Many injured: bus with destination Hanover crashed in Austria
Salzburg.In Austria, a coach on the way from Kosovo to Hanover crashed on Thursday night. According to a spokeswoman for the Salzburg State Police Headquarters, five of the 28 people on board were seriously injured and eleven slightly injured. The inmates all came from Kosovo and were on their way to relatives or jobs in Germany.
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The accident happened around 3 a.m. on the A1 Westautobahn near Eugendorf, northeast of Salzburg, in a construction site section. The bus driver – a 56-year-old Kosovar – had overtaken a truck at about 80 km/h. After entering the construction site section, the vehicle crashed into a concrete barrier.
Hanover last stop for the accident bus
As a result, the bus was “catapulted up and several meters later set down on the road again,” said the police spokeswoman. then the vehicle crossed the oncoming lane, crashed into a crash barrier and came to a standstill there.
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According to the spokeswoman, Hanover would have been the last stop for the accident bus. No information is available on how many passengers actually traveled to the state capital or wanted to get off at earlier stops.
From RND/dpa/bm