At least 5 people were killed and others injured today in car accident in which he was involved bus which carried travellers, on a great highway near Leipzig in the east Germanythe police announced.

About 50 passengers as well as two drivers were on the bus which was traveling from Berlin to Zurich.

“Several people were fatally injured in a serious road accident that occurred on the A9 motorway. There are many victims,” ​​said the police of the state of Saxony in Germany.

Olaf Hoppe, a police spokesman, told the German newspaper Bild that “from the accident five people were killed».

The police have stopped his traffic A9 in the direction of Munichwhile photos published in local media show a great mobilization of the authorities, with many ambulances and helicopters as well as police vehicles having rushed to the scene.

The coach the company’s Flixbus was on the A9 motorway heading towards Munich when around 9:45 (local time, 10:45 Greek time) can as yet unknown cause diverted it from its course and overturned.

“The exact circumstances of the accident are not yet known,” Flixbus said, adding that it was working with authorities to determine the cause of the incident.