As of: March 27, 2024, 5:06 p.m
By: Ulrike Hagen, Teresa Toth
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There was a fatal accident with a Flixbus on the A9.
At least five 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 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.”
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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.
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