Several children injured as truck rams school bus
Published: 6 May, 2011 CET.
Updated: Fri 6 May 2011 10:58 CET
Several children were injured after a truck rammed their school bus in Gummersbach east of Cologne on Friday morning.
The police said both drivers suffered life-threatening injuries after the truck slammed into the bus head-on for still unknown reasons at around 7:30 am.
The school bus was carrying some 40 children aged nine to 17 at the time of the crash. At least one child was seriously injured and was taken to a nearby hospital.
“The majority of them are under shock. Five to ten children are seriously injured,” the police said in a statement.
Two rescue helicopters and several ambulances headed to the scene in Gummersbach-Dieringhausen, which is approximately 50 kilometres east of Cologne.
The Local/mry
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The police said both drivers suffered life-threatening injuries after the truck slammed into the bus head-on for still unknown reasons at around 7:30 am.
The school bus was carrying some 40 children aged nine to 17 at the time of the crash. At least one child was seriously injured and was taken to a nearby hospital.
“The majority of them are under shock. Five to ten children are seriously injured,” the police said in a statement.
Two rescue helicopters and several ambulances headed to the scene in Gummersbach-Dieringhausen, which is approximately 50 kilometres east of Cologne.
The Local/mry
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