Bus carrying 20 schoolchildren crashes into house in Bad Oldesloe
German police say the bus crossed a roundabout for reasons still unclear before hitting a house in Schleswig-Holstein on Friday morning, injuring about 20 people.
A bus carrying around 20 schoolchildren crashed into a house in Bad Oldesloe, in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, at about 7.20am on Friday, police said. At least 20 people were injured, several of them seriously, authorities said.
Police said the bus driver, for reasons that remain unclear, drove across a roundabout before the vehicle struck the wall of a house. The driver was trapped inside the bus and was among those injured, along with several passengers, police said.
Emergency services declared a mass casualty incident because of the scale of the crash. Rescue workers classified four people as seriously injured, the German outlet News5 reported. Most of those on board were children, though some adults were also travelling on the bus and were hurt in the impact, the Daily Mirror reported.
According to the newspaper, the bus sideswiped a car before crossing the roundabout and ploughing through the wall into a house's living room, scattering debris across the area. A structural engineer was sent to examine the damaged building, and police set up a support centre for relatives of those involved.
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What we know
- A bus carrying about 20 schoolchildren crashed into a house in Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein, at about 7.20am on Friday.
- At least 20 people were injured; rescue workers classified four as seriously hurt.
- The driver was trapped in the bus and was among the injured.
- Emergency services declared a mass casualty incident because of the scale of the crash.
Not yet confirmed
- Why the bus crossed the roundabout before hitting the house, which police have not yet explained.
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Why it matters for Europe
The crash left 20 people hurt, most of them children on their way to school, and forced a review of the safety of a residential building that a structural engineer is now assessing. German emergency services only declare a mass casualty incident when the number of casualties is large enough to strain normal ambulance capacity, an indication of how serious the impact was even though no deaths have been reported.
Sources
Reported by 6 reports from 6 independent outlets in 5 countries.
- Srpskainfo: (FOTO) ŠKOLSKI AUTOBUS UDARIO U ZID KUĆE U teškoj nesreći u Njemačkoj ima povrijeđenih
- Der Spiegel: Bad Oldesloe: Linienbus mit 20 Kindern an Bord prallt gegen Hauswand
- Daily Mirror: School bus crashes into house in Germany - at least 20 people injured
- HRT Vijesti: Njemačka: Školski autobus udario u zgradu, više osoba ozlijeđeno
- Zeit Online: Schleswig-Holstein: Linienbus mit 20 Kindern an Bord fährt in Hauswand
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Questions and answers
- Where did the crash happen?
- In Bad Oldesloe, a town in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, at about 7.20am on Friday.
- How many people were hurt?
- At least 20 people were injured, including four classified as seriously hurt.
- What caused the crash?
- Police have not yet said why the bus crossed a roundabout before hitting the house; the cause remains under investigation.
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