Two Philippine tourists killed in German bus crash
Two Philippine nationals were killed on Sunday when a coach carrying them to the Oktoberfest beer festival in southern Germany overturned on a motorway, police said.
Two Philippine nationals were killed in a bus crash on a motorway in southern Germany on Sunday. The bus, chartered by a travel company, was carrying around 50 Filipino tourists to the Oktoberfest festival in Munich.
The accident occurred around 0400 GMT near Buchloe, close to the Austrian border. According to the Upper Bavaria police prefecture, the bus left the road and overturned.
Eight people were seriously injured in the crash. Significant emergency resources were deployed at the scene, and the motorway was closed in both directions. The bus had departed from the town of Mailand.
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