An accident occurred in Hamburg-Bergedorf on Wednesday. An articulated bus crashed into the building of the central bus station.
- On Wednesday a bus crashed into the station building in Hamburg-Bergedorf .
- Two people sustained minor injuries .
- The cause can currently only be speculated.
Update from May 13, 4:51 p.m .: In the spectacular bus accident in Hamburg , fortunate circumstances have apparently prevented a far greater and tragic accident . Only two people were injured when an articulated bus crashed into the building of the central bus station in Hamburg-Bergedorf .
Bus crashes into the station building: "We were very lucky"
The vehicle had stopped with the front axle over an escalator on the upper level of the station , said fire spokesman Jan Ole Unger. The bus driver and a passerby were slightly injured. There were no passengers on the bus. "We were very lucky," said Unger. The bus just missed the passers-by. He was injured by flying glass fragments.
Anja Giercke, spokeswoman for the Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH), told the Hamburger Morgenpost that, fortunately, the escalator was not in operation. Otherwise there could have been more injuries.
Regarding the possible cause of the accident, she said: "We still have to check whether a technical defect or another cause was the reason for the accident."
Spectacular accident: bus crashes into the station building - and only comes to a halt via the escalator
First announcement: Hamburg - In a spectacular accident , an articulated bus crashed into the building of the central bus station in Hamburg-Bergedorf on Wednesday. Two people were slightly injured.
Hamburg-Bergedorf: Bus crashes into the station building and injures two people
The vehicle finally came to a halt with the front axle over an escalator on the upper level of the station, as a spokesman for the fire department said. The bus is a vehicle of the Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH), as reported by the Hamburger Morgenpost.
Two people were slightly injured in the accident. According to the first information, it was said to have been the bus driver and a passerby .
A bus crashed into the station building in Hamburg-Bergedorf. Two people were injured.
© dpa / Daniel Bockwoldt
Hamburg-Bergedorf: Fire brigade deployment after bus accident will continue for several hours
A recovery of the bus is only possible after the statics of the building have been checked. According to a fire department spokesman, the operation would continue for several hours.
As the Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) announced on their official Twitter account , the station is fully closed. "The Bergedorf train station cannot be served until further notice," the message continues, "the respective lines start at the subsequent stops and end one stop before."
#vhhbus full closure: the Bergedorf station cannot be operated until further notice.
The respective lines start at the following stops and end one stop before. #HVV
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