A serious school bus accident occurred in Bavaria that morning.
Several children were injured, a large-scale operation is in full swing.
Update from December 3, 5:23 p.m.:
There are new details about the school bus accident in
Grassau
.
A total of 21 primary school children were slightly injured.
A woman driver suffered serious injuries in the accident early Thursday morning, and the 62-year-old bus driver was also injured.
The
bus, which was occupied
by
42
primary school children, had collided head-on with a car.
According to the police, the 19-year-old driver got into oncoming traffic in a curve for an initially unexplained cause.
An expert opinion should now clarify whether snow was the reason for the accident, said a police spokesman.
The 19-year-old was trapped in her car and seriously injured.
She was taken to the hospital.
Her life is in danger.
The slightly injured children were brought to nearby hospitals and doctors' offices or were picked up by relatives.
A spokesman for the integrated control center in Traunstein assumed that all children could leave the hospital on Thursday.
It is a small miracle
that they
survived
the serious accident so
lightly
.
Rescuers took care of the students in another bus that happened to pass the scene of the accident.
"The primary school students reacted very calmly and calmly," said the head of operations,
Hermann Schramm
.
A crisis intervention team also looked after the 21 other uninjured children.
Dozens of rescue workers and a
rescue helicopter
were on duty for hours.
The road could only be opened to traffic again around noon.
Even
George Carpenter
, the acting rector of Grassauer elementary and middle school was, rushed to the scene when he learned of the collision.
He wanted to take care of the students - but they were already well looked after.
The rescue workers did an excellent job, he said.
HEIDI GEYER
Update from December 3, 1:29 p.m.:
On Thursday morning there was a serious accident in Grassau between a school bus and a car.
A total of 42 primary school students were in the fully occupied bus.
Compared to
Chiemgau24.de
, one of the
students
now
reports
how he
experienced
the bad
accident
.
“I don't know how it happened, the
bus
was
thrown
and then it thundered against the wall.
The window then had a crack in the front.
I didn't hurt myself. "
Bus accident in Bavaria: student tells how he experienced the accident
The boy's father also speaks out.
“
They have now also looked after us very well with a crisis intervention team
.
It was all very good! ”He says at the scene of the accident.
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Numerous emergency services were on site for the accident on Thursday morning.
© FDL / Lamminger
Update from December 3, 11:04 a.m.:
In the course of the morning, more and more details about the
school bus accident
in the Traunstein district become known.
At around 7:30 a.m. there was
a collision between a car and a full school bus
on
State Road 2096
.
It is now known that in addition to the seriously injured 19-year-old
driver of
the car and the 21 children, the bus driver was also slightly injured.
According to the police, the young driver got into
oncoming traffic
in a curve
- and crashed into the school bus head-on.
School bus accident in Bavaria: rescue helicopter in action - injured children in hospital
According to the police,
helicopters
, rescue services, emergency doctors and fire departments were in action in the accident.
The road is still completely closed.
The seriously injured driver and a few of the slightly injured primary school children were taken to a
hospital
, a spokesman for the integrated control center told
Br
.
Update from December 3, 9.12 a.m.:
On Thursday morning there was a serious
accident
between a car and a
school bus
in the community of Grassau (district of Traunstein)
.
Accident in the Traunstein district: school children and bus drivers only slightly injured
About twenty children and the driver of the car were injured in the head-on collision.
The boys and girls suffered
bruises
and grazes, a police spokesman told the
brother
.
You will be looked after on site.
The car driver, however, was
seriously injured
.
School bus accident in Bavaria: children suffer scratches and abrasions - car driver seriously injured
What led to the collision on State Road 2096 is still unclear.
However, the police suspect that the traffic
accident occurred
on a
slippery road surface
.
Original article dated December 3rd:
Grassau - Around 7.25 a.m. on Thursday (December 3rd)
there was a serious
traffic accident
on
State Road 2096
in the municipal area of
Grassau
(district of Traunstein)
near Mauthhäusl
.
A car and a
school bus were involved
.
The road is currently completely closed.
Numerous
rescue workers
are on site and treat several
injured people
.
It is currently assumed that nine children are injured on the school bus.
The
car driver
and the
bus driver
were also injured.
There are currently no findings on the
degree of
injury to
the injured students, as the
police
said in an initial statement
.
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