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Five killed in coach crash on German motorway

The bus, owned by Flixbus, came off the A9 motorway
The bus, owned by Flixbus, came off the A9 motorway

Five people have been killed and more than 20 others were injured in a coach crash on a motorway near the eastern German city of Leipzig, police said.

A Flixbus came off the A9 motorway and overturned in the morning between Wiedemar and the Schkeuditzer Kreuz motorway junction, police said.

The road in the direction of Munich was closed, said police, as pictures showed ambulances and helicopters attending the scene.

Emergency services at the scene of the crash

"The exact circumstances of the accident are not yet known," said Flixbus, adding it was working with emergency services to find out what happened.

Some 53 passengers and two drivers were on board the coach which was travelling from Berlin to Zurich.