23 Injured in Serious Flixbus Accident on the Way to Vienna

According to a police spokesperson, 23 travelers sustained injuries in the Flixbus accident. One traveler was critically injured. This person was trapped for two hours before being rescued. The spokesperson could not initially provide information on the exact injuries of the other travelers, but several people are seriously injured.

Cause of Serious Flixbus Accident Initially Unclear

The Flixbus, with 52 travelers and two bus drivers on board, who remained uninjured, was traveling from Copenhagen on the route to Vienna towards Berlin. The passengers come from Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Ukraine, France, Syria, China, Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Turkey, India, Georgia, Bangladesh, Italy, Mexico, Canada, and Japan. According to a spokesperson from the Austrian Foreign Ministry, "according to current information, no Austrians are affected." The accident occurred around 2:40 a.m. at the Röbel junction.

The Flixbus initially veered off the road to the right before overturning. The reason for this is still unclear. The uninjured travelers were taken to Röbel by another bus. According to a spokesperson, the highway is completely closed in the direction of Berlin until at least 12:00 p.m. Emergency services, fire department, and rescue helicopters were alerted. Officers from the highway police stations in Dummerstorf and Linstow, as well as from Plau am See, were also deployed. The public prosecutor appointed a Dekra expert.

Flixbus Accident in January

Already in January, a Flixbus on the A11 in the northeast of Brandenburg veered off the road and overturned on its way from Berlin to Szczecin. The police assumed a weather-related accident. Two people lost their lives at that time, and eleven others were injured.

(APA/Red)

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