GERMANY: Several passengers aboard a public transport bus are reported injured or killed after the vehicle fell off an embankment and into a river
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382227
GERMANY: Several passengers aboard a public transport bus are reported injured or killed after the vehicle fell off an embankment and into a river
- Title: GERMANY: Several passengers aboard a public transport bus are reported injured or killed after the vehicle fell off an embankment and into a river
- Date: 23rd September 2009
- Summary: RADEVORMWALD, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 22, 2009) (REUTERS) BUS LYING ON ITS SIDE FLASHING INDICATOR LIGHT DIVERS SEARCHING IN RIVER FOR SURVIVORS BLANKET COVERING SOMETHING NEXT TO BUS BUS LYING ON ITS SIDE EMERGENCY VEHICLES ON EMBANKMENT
- Embargoed: 8th October 2009 13:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Transport
- Reuters ID: LVA5V2XYIXYK07TW1FHOSDZE1ZH1
- Story Text: Several people were killed and others injured in a bus crash in western Germany on Tuesday (September 22).
According to police, the public transport bus came off a road in the town of Radevormwald, east of Wuppertal, and fell into the river Wupper.
Initial German media reports said that some passengers were able to free themselves from the wreckage while others were still trapped inside. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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