Bus crash in Bavaria leaves 31 injured, 17 unaccounted for, German media report

Thirty-one people were injured, some seriously, when a coach burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria on Monday (July 3), police said. Photo from Reuters video file.

STAMMBACH, Germany (Reuters) – Thirty-one people were injured, some seriously, when a coach burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria on Monday (July 3), police said.

There were 48 people on the bus at the time of the crash, according to a police Twitter.

A police spokesman told broadcaster n-tv that 17 people were unaccounted for and he expected several had died.