2 Philippine tourists killed in German bus crash
Two Philippine nationals were killed on Sunday, Sept. 27, when a coach carrying them to the Oktoberfest beer festival in southern Germany overturned on a motorway, police said.
The accident, which occurred around 0400 GMT (12:00 p.m., PH time), left eight others seriously injured.
The coach, chartered by a travel company, was carrying a group of 33 Filipino tourists and two Italian drivers to the Oktoberfest in Munich, a spokeswoman for the Upper Bavaria police prefecture told AFP.
According to initial findings from the investigation, the vehicle left the road before overturning near Buchloe, in a region close to the Austrian border.
It had departed from the town of Mailand.
Significant emergency resources were deployed at the scene, and the motorway was closed in both directions.
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One of the victims was a 58-year-old man, but the second victim had not yet been identified, police said.
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