Bus carrying Filipino tourists overturns on way to Germany's Oktoberfest, killing 2
A view of the scene after a tourist bus veered off a highway, in Buchloe, Germany, Sunday (Sept 27).
PHOTO: Associated Press
BERLIN — A bus carrying tourists from the Philippines toward the Oktoberfest festival in Munich veered off a highway and overturned on Sunday (Sept 27), killing at least two people and injuring at least eight others, Germany 's dpa news agency reported.
The coach left the road on a highway near the town of Buchloe in Germany's Ostallgäu region at about 6am (12pm SGT) local time, dpa said, citing officials.
Images from the scene showed the bus lying on its side in a wooded area as rescue crews worked nearby.
Martin Cornils, a spokesperson for traffic police in nearby Fürstenfeldbruck, said at the scene that the tour group had been travelling to Oktoberfest, the news agency reported.
The popular annual festival began eight days earlier.
The cause of the crash was not immediately clear and remained under investigation.
Dpa initially reported that the bus was travelling from Zurich, Switzerland, to Milan, Italy. Officials later said about 35 people were on board — fewer than initially estimated — and that all the passengers were Filipino nationals. The two bus drivers were unharmed.
Earlier this month, five people were killed when a Dutch tour bus crashed in eastern Switzerland.
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