“AT LEAST 12 DEAD” AS POLISH COACH CRASHES NEAR BERLIN
Baku, September 27 (AZERTAC). At least 12 people have died after a coach carrying Polish tourists crashed near Berlin, German police say. The bus, carrying about 50 people, came off the A10 motorway at Schoenefelder Kreuz, about 30km (20m) from Berlin.
Seven people were severely injured, while 27 others were less badly hurt in the crash on Sunday morning. Initial investigations indicated the bus was forced off the road by a car joining the motorway, a police spokesman said.
Poland`s Prime Minister Donald Tusk is to visit the scene of the crash accompanied by health minister Ewa Kopacz, a government spokesman said.
Police and fire crews - about 250 in number - were dispatched from Berlin and the surrounding region. The bus was returning to Poland from a holiday tour of Spain.
German officials are setting up an information point for the Polish relatives of the victims.
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