Five dead in FlixBus crash on German motorway

FlixBus coach veered to the right on the busy A9 autobahn before falling on to its side. The coach had left Berlin with two drivers and 53 passengers and was on its way to Nuremberg en route to Zurich. Officials in the state of Saxony said their thoughts were with the victims. The 107 service bus was two hours into its journey at the time of the crash.

No other vehicle was involved in the accident near Leipzig/Halle Airport. Both carriageways on the Autobahn were closed near the Schkeuditzer Kreuz interchange. Police said the rescue operation was expected to continue until the evening. 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.

The accident happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The cause of the crash is not yet known.