Several Injured as German Tourist Bus Overturns in Norway
Thirty-four German tourists were aboard, and emergency crews used helicopters and a hammer to rescue passengers after the coach left the road.
- On Saturday, a German tourist bus carrying 34 passengers overturned in Namsskogan, Norway, when it came off the E6 road, according to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.
- NRK freelancer Anne Elisabeth Brekkvassmo reported the bus lies on its side in a gentle curve where the road appears uneven. A trailer driver told Dagbladet the bus had been driving calmly before the incident.
- Eleven of the 34 passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries, according to emergency manager Odd Bakk. Mayor Elisabeth Vollmo stated the municipality is prepared to assist those less injured and shaken.
- Bus company head Jørn Frenzel told Adresse the vehicle was new and drivers experienced. At the scene, Elin Torgnes helped patients, saying, "I only helped with patients and those who were most injured. There were four of them."
- Recovery operations concluded Saturday evening, restoring traffic flow on the E6. The incident recalls a 2014 accident in the same municipality where a Swiss bus overturned, killing four people.
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A German tourist bus went off the road and overturned on the E6 in Trøndelag, Norway, on Saturday, August 8. A dashcam from the truck driver behind the bus captured the incident. There were 34 people on board the bus, reports the Norwegian Dagbladet. Eleven people were taken to hospital, but none were seriously injured, writes VG.
A coach with 34 German tourists is tilted in a curve in the Trøndelag region. The cause of the accident is still unclear.
In central Norway, a coach crashes with several German tourists. According to police data, the vehicle tilts into a ditch in a curve. The investigation of the cause of the accident is ongoing.
A coach with 34 German tourists left the road in Norway and died. Several people are slightly injured, four are taken to hospitals.
34 Germans on board: In central Norway, a coach is tilted in a curve. Four of the passengers were slightly injured.
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