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Up to 18 feared dead in German bus accident

The bus carrying 46 passengers and two drivers burst into flames after ramming into the trailer in a traffic jam on the motorway A9 close to the Bavarian town of Stammbach.

03.07.2017

(AFP) Up to 18 people were feared killed Monday in one of Germany's worst road accidents after a tour bus carrying pensioners burst into flames in a collision with a trailer truck, police said.

"Thirty passengers were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries. The others are believed to have died in the burning tour bus," which had been carrying 48 people, police said in a statement.