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There was a fatal accident with a Flixbus on the A9. At least four people were killed. There were 53 passengers on the bus with route number 234.
Fatal accident: Flixbus leaves the road on Wednesday morning (March 27th).
Clinics are preparing: shock rooms and operating theaters are being made available
Route number and destination: Police release details after the accident
Update from March 28th, 3:28 p.m.:
After the serious bus accident on Autobahn 9 near Leipzig, the police have announced the identities of three of the four fatalities. A 47-year-old Polish woman, a 20-year-old Indonesian woman living in Berlin and a 19-year-old from Bavaria died in the accident, the police announced on Thursday. Another woman who died at the scene of the accident has not yet been positively identified.
Update from March 28th, 12:24 p.m.:
As the
Leipziger Volkszeitung
reports, the police are now investigating the 62 and 53 year old drivers for negligent homicide. Meanwhile, witness interviews about the cause of the accident are also taking place. “This will of course take some time,” said a police spokeswoman.
As Flixbus itself stated, there were a total of 53 people on the bus. However, the police counted fewer passengers on Wednesday evening. “During the course of the emergency triage, identification of the bus driver and the removal of the injured by the DRK district emergency service and helicopter, it was determined that three passengers could not be found,” the Wiedemar municipal fire brigade informs on Facebook. The missing people were searched for with thermal imaging cameras and drones in the immediate vicinity of the accident site, but so far without success. “Until the end it could not be clarified whether the missing people had even gotten on the bus,” the fire department said.
Update from March 28th, 10:25 a.m.:
The cause of the fatal Flixbus accident on the A9 near Leipzig has not yet been clarified. Angry voices are already appearing on social networks: Flixbuses are repeatedly involved in accidents. Accident statistics provide information about the truth behind the allegations - Flixbus itself also takes a stand.
Accident on A9: Police hope to be able to provide information about the identity of those involved in the accident as soon as possible
Update from March 28th, 9:54 a.m.:
The identification of the four fatalities in the serious bus accident on Autobahn 9 near Leipzig has not yet been completed. “We are trying and still hope to be able to provide information about this today,” said a police spokeswoman when asked on Thursday (March 28). Information about the age and gender of the victims was not yet available at this time.
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On Wednesday morning, the double-decker Flixbus left the road, crossed a grass verge and finally overturned. Police reported four deaths, six seriously injured and 29 slightly injured. There was no information on the health status of the injured on Thursday morning.
Investigators are currently concentrating on finding the cause of the accident. Numerous witness interviews are planned, as the police spokeswoman announced. All passengers on the crashed long-distance bus should also be questioned.
Four people died in the accident on the A9 near Leipzig. © Sebastian Willnow/dpa
The cause of the accident on the A9 near Leipzig has not yet been clarified
Update from March 28th, 6:42 a.m.:
The cause of the devastating accident is still unclear. There is currently no evidence of another vehicle involved, the police said. The Flixbus had left the road shortly before the Schkeuditzer Kreuz on the way from Berlin to Zurich.
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing is calling for the
world
to investigate the causes. “Now it’s about the security forces on site having to clarify the matter and helping the people who urgently need help now,” says the FDP politician.
Update from March 27th, 11:15 p.m.:
After the serious bus accident on Autobahn 9 near Leipzig, the police have corrected the number of deaths from five to four. A person who was initially reported to the police as having died was in a life-threatening condition, the Leipzig Police Department announced late on Wednesday evening. The traffic police inspectorate is conducting an investigation on suspicion of negligent homicide, it said. The full closure of the A9 was lifted around 9:30 p.m. - around twelve hours after the accident.
Flixbus accident on A9 near Leipzig: Police correct number of victims after bus accident
A double-decker bus from Flixbus, which was supposed to travel from Berlin to Zurich, left the road on Wednesday morning on the A9 in the direction of Munich and overturned. The police initially spoke of five dead and 20 injured. The evening's announcement said there were six seriously injured and 29 slightly injured. In another bus, some of whose occupants acted as first aiders, two people suffered shock and then had to receive medical attention, it was said.
The investigators initially did not provide any information about the identity, age and gender of the victims. The identification of the dead has not yet been completed. “We ask for your understanding that no further information can be provided about the accident at this time,” the police said in the evening.
Flixbus accident on the A9 near Leipzig: Not the first bus accident on the motorway
According to the Flixbus company, there were 53 passengers and two drivers on board the long-distance bus. According to police, the drivers are 53 and 62 years old. According to police, the driver who was behind the wheel at the time of the accident is not among the dead. According to the bus company, he had been driving since leaving Berlin at 8 a.m. and had adhered to all driving and rest times. The accident happened around 9:45 a.m. between the Wiedemar junction and the Schkeuditzer Kreuz.
There was already a serious bus accident on the A9 near Bad Dürrenberg in Saxony-Anhalt in 2019. A woman died and several people were injured. In December 2023, a coach also had an accident on the A9 near Leipzig, leaving several people injured.
Autobahn 9 near Leipzig remains closed for the time being after a fatal Flixbus accident
Update from March 27th, 8:17 p.m.:
A police spokeswoman tells the
dpa
that the rescue work has started. A recovery crane should be used to recover the vehicle. The A9 motorway near Leipzig in the direction of Munich will remain completely closed as long as the work continues.
“Suddenly thrown back and forth” – witnesses to the Flixbus accident tell of a fatal accident
Update from March 27th, 6:30 p.m.:
After the bus accident with at least five fatalities on the A9 near Leipzig, passengers from the affected bus describe the accident for the first time. The
Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ)
spoke to a woman who was on the bus to Zurich with her three children and was treated in the emergency room after the accident. According to the passenger, the start was “bumpy,” she tells
LVZ
. The bus driver got lost and slammed on the brakes, and there were loud discussions with his colleague during the journey.
The woman could not describe how the accident happened. Only that she was “suddenly thrown back and forth” and her eyes “blacked out”. When she came to, she saw her children upside down in their seats. The woman and three children were only slightly injured. She tells
the
LVZ
about a detail that may have saved her and her children's lives: "We were all wearing seatbelts, maybe that was our luck."
Flixbus accident on the A9 near Leipzig: The cause remains unclear - police share initial findings
Update from March 27th, 3:14 p.m.:
Why the FlixBus lost control and fell into the embankment remains unknown. However, according to initial findings, the police have ruled out a collision with another vehicle. “As things stand, we can rule out that other vehicles were involved in the accident,” a spokeswoman told the
Leipziger Volkszeitung
. As pictures from the accident site show, the affected section is a straight, three-lane road.
Why did the FlixBus come off the road? The investigators are currently investigating this question at full speed and are ruling out initial causes. © Jan Woitas/dpa
Flixbus accident with five deaths on the A9 near Leipzig: rescue work continued into the evening
Update from March 27th, 2:27 p.m.:
As the police report, the driver of the Flixbus that crashed on the A9 near Leipzig is not believed to be among the fatalities. Details about his health were not given. According to police, at least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the accident. The spokesman was unable to provide any information about the cause of the accident. It was initially unclear when the bus from the provider Flixbus would be recovered. According to the police, the lane to Berlin should be reopened in the early afternoon, the route to Munich will remain closed for the time being.
Update from March 27th, 1:58 p.m.:
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) has obtained an overview of the serious accident with a Flixbus on the A9 near Leipzig. According to police reports, at least 5 people were killed and more than 20 were injured. Schuster expressed his condolences to the families of those who died on Wednesday. He also hopes “that the injured will get better quickly.”
Schuster thanked the rescue workers for their professional efforts. It was a “difficult situation” that was “handled excellently”. He saw in the firefighters' faces “how difficult these scenes were.”
Current accident on the A9 near Leipzig: Police publish details about the Flixbus
Update from March 27th, 1:36 p.m.:
The Saxony police announced that the coach that crashed was a FlixBus with route number 234. The bus started from Berlin at 8 a.m. with the destination Zurich. According to Flixbus spokesman Sebastian Meyer, the next stop was planned for the early afternoon in Nuremberg. There were 53 passengers and two drivers on board at the time of the accident. In the early afternoon, emergency services righted the accident vehicle using cable winches. A tent has been set up to treat seriously injured people and some people have already been taken to area hospitals.
Rescue work is ongoing - the A9 motorway is expected to remain closed until the evening
Update from March 27th, 1:11 p.m.:
The A9 motorway near Leipzig is expected to remain closed for several hours after the Flixbus accident. According to a police spokesman, the rescue work will probably last until the evening hours. According to police, at least five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured. The spokesman was unable to provide any information about the cause of the accident; as things stand, no other vehicle was involved in the accident.
At least five dead in coach accident: Saxony's transport minister thanks emergency services on site
Update from March 27th, 12:38 p.m.:
Saxony's Transport Minister Martin Dulig was dismayed by the serious Flixbus accident near Leipzig on the A9 with at least five deaths: “My thoughts are with the relatives of the victims and injured. I would like to thank the many emergency services on site who provided quick help.”
Current accident on the A9 near Leipzig: Flixbus spokesman deeply affected
Update from March 27th, 12:38 p.m.:
The long-distance bus provider Flixbus expressed its deep concern after the tragic bus accident with at least five deaths on the A9 near Leipzig. A spokesman for the company said on Wednesday when asked by the
dpa
: “Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this accident and their relatives.”
A Flixbus crashed on the A9, killing at least five people. The rescue work will continue until the evening. © Jan Woitas/dpa
The affected long-distance bus was on the way from Berlin to Zurich. According to the bus company, there were 53 passengers and two drivers on board. The company is working closely with the local authorities and emergency services on site to quickly and comprehensively clarify the cause of the accident.
Update from March 27th, 12:04 p.m.:
The police have officially confirmed that at least five people died in the Flixbus accident on the A9 near Leipzig. There were also several injured in the accident. The cause is still unclear.
Serious accident with a Flixbus on the A9 near Leipzig – “Shock rooms are prepared”
First report from March 27th, 11:29 a.m.:
Leipzig – On Wednesday (March 27th) there was a serious accident involving a Flixbus on the A9 near Leipzig. As the
Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ)
reports, the coach left the road at around 9.45 a.m. between the Wiedemar junction and the Schkeuditzer Kreuz.
A Flixbus coach had an accident on the A9 near Leipzig. A number of people are said to have been injured and at least one person was killed. © Jan Woitas/dpa
With a focus on emergency services, the
LVZ
reports at least five deaths. Up to 50 other people are said to have been injured in the accident - all clinics in the region have been informed. The clinic staff is preparing shock rooms and operating rooms for the injured. “The teams are standing by and the shock rooms are also prepared,” emphasized Tina Mühlbauer, spokeswoman for the Helios Clinic Schkeuditz, to the newspaper.
There are currently four rescue helicopters and numerous ambulances in use. The road in the direction of Munich is completely closed. Motorists were asked to keep an emergency lane clear.
Current accident on the A9 near Leipzig: It is currently unclear why the Flixbus left the road
It is not yet known why the Flixbus left the road. It is also unclear whether other cars were involved in the serious accident.
At the end of last year there was a serious bus accident in which a schoolchild was killed. The bus collided with a winter service vehicle. (tt)