School bus accident in Trier: the bus crashes head-on into a tree – eleven children are injured, some seriously
Created: 03/31/2022, 04:51
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
Eleven injured in a school bus accident in Trier: The bus crashed head-on into a tree.
© Harald Tittel/dpa
A school bus crashed in Trier on Wednesday morning.
The bus drove head-on into a tree.
Eleven children and young people and the bus driver were injured, some seriously.
Serious school bus accident: In the middle of Trier, a school bus crashed into a tree on Wednesday (March 30).
Eleven students and the bus driver had to be transported to clinics.
The cause of the accident is initially unclear - the public prosecutor's office in Tier commissioned an expert.
School bus crashes head-on into tree - 12 injured in bus accident in Trier
Update from 3:59 p.m
.: In a serious school bus accident, eleven students and the bus driver were injured, the Trier city administration announced.
Among the injuries were many bruises, lacerations on the head, concussions, whiplash or tooth injuries.
It was initially reported that 14 students had to be transported to hospitals.
"There were no life-threatening injuries," the city administration announced on Wednesday afternoon.
23 other children and young people were brought to a nearby hall and received medical care there.
Some of them had suffered bruises and abrasions and had to be treated on site.
At the time of the accident, a total of 35 people were on board in addition to the bus driver.
School bus crashed in Trier – cause of the accident initially unclear
The Lininebus had left the lane in rush hour traffic when turning right from the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge onto the Martinsufer for previously unknown reasons and hit a tree on a green strip in the middle of the street, according to the police.
The public prosecutor's office commissioned an expert to reconstruct the accident.
According to the city of Tier, around 130 rescue workers were on site during the large-scale operation.
The Martinsufer was closed until midday, and there were significant traffic delays.
According to the fire brigade, the Toni Chorus Hall was also cordoned off to protect parents and children from onlookers.
The badly damaged tree was removed.
Update from 11.40 a.m .:
In the meantime, all passengers in the vehicle involved in the accident have been picked up either in the hospital or by their parents.
The city of Trier confirmed this on Twitter.
Accordingly, the collection point at the scene of the accident was dissolved.
Meanwhile, the police confirmed, also via Twitter, that the scene of the accident had been cleared and that the banks of the Moselle were once again freely passable.
In a press release from the police, the exact number of people injured in the accident has now been confirmed: "In addition to the bus driver, there were 35 children, adolescents and one young adult in the VRT bus on route 25.
14 of them were taken to the hospital with injuries, some of them serious."
The cause of the accident is therefore not yet known.
The public prosecutor's office in Trier also commissioned an expert to reconstruct what happened in the accident.
Update from 11 a.m.:
As the city of Trier now explains on Twitter, no people were life-threateningly injured in the tragic accident.
Trier: The city of Trier sets up a hotline for parents - 14 children and young people are taken to the hospital
Update from 10.05 a.m .:
As the city of Trier reports on Twitter, a telephone number for parents has now been set up: “Important information for parents: the city has set up an information telephone on 0651/718-1817.
There, parents can find out whether their children have been injured and where they are.
As the city further reports, the bus was a VRT line 25 bus.
36 people were on board.
14 children or young people were injured and taken to hospitals, 22 passengers would be cared for in the Toni Chorus Hall.
Update from 9.45 a.m .:
The exact cause of the accident is still unclear after the tragic accident in Trier.
As the dpa now reports, citing the police, the driver of the bus is said to have been seriously injured.
School bus accident in Trier in the morning: the bus drives head-on against a tree – apparently several people are injured
Update from 8.55 a.m .:
As the dpa now reports, citing a police spokesman, at least six people are said to have been slightly injured in the accident.
The fire brigade spoke of several injured children.
According to the police, the bus was heading towards the city center with around 40 people.
He went off the track for initially unknown reasons and crashed into the tree.
According to the spokesman, the situation was still unclear in the morning.
Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier: After an accident, a bus is standing at the end of the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge with its front on a tree.
Several children were injured in the accident with a school bus in Trier on Wednesday morning.
© Harald Tittel/dpa
Update from 8.45 a.m .:
As reported by the
Trierer Volksfreund
, the accident is said to have occurred around 7.23 a.m.
The school bus crashed into a tree for reasons that are still unclear.
Several children are said to have been injured in the accident.
The city of Trier spoke on Twitter in the morning of serious and minor injuries (see original message).
As the
Trierer Volksfreund
reports, the front of the bus is said to have been destroyed.
It is unclear whether the bus driver was injured in the accident.
Update from 8.38 a.m .:
As the city of Trier further explains on Twitter, a contact point for parents has now been set up: "For parents of affected children, the Toni Chorus Hall is being prepared by the rescue workers as a contact point".
School bus accident in Trier in the morning: the bus probably hits a tree head-on – several seriously injured are confirmed
First report:
Trier – A serious traffic accident occurred in the early hours of the morning in Trier on the Martinsufer.
As the city of Trier itself explains on Twitter, according to initial information, a bus with school children hit a tree head-on.
There are serious and minor injuries.
Rescue workers are currently on site.
Drivers are asked to switch to the other side of the Moselle.