A German coach with 32 passengers from Lower Bavaria crashed in Austria late Saturday evening. According to the police, a 31-year-old man died, several others were injured and taken to nearby hospitals, including the 51-year-old bus driver. The bus came from the Passau area.
The inmates were in the Schladming region around 100 kilometers southeast of Salzburg on a toboggan trip, said the spokesman for the Styrian police. The accident happened on the return journey.
According to this information, the bus fell over an embankment. He came off the L722 country road in a bend, rolled over several times and landed on the roof of a company building built on the slope. The cause of the accident was still being determined. “The coach was secured on the instructions of the Leoben public prosecutor’s office and will be examined by experts,” the police reported. According to the police, more than 160 emergency services from the fire brigade, ambulance and police were on duty.
