A bus that was headed to Italy from Berlin has crashed in central Austria. The crash left 20 injured and caused the death of a 19-year-old Austrian woman.
Fifty-five emergency staffers belonging to several local fire departments were involved in the rescue operation.
The Althofen fire department said that numerous passengers, including injured people, were still in the bus when the rescuers arrived. Three people had to be freed from the vehicle by using hydraulic equipment. The remaining passengers were helped out of the overturned bus by the rescuers using ladders, APA reported.
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