Two children were killed in a school bus accident in Thuringia. The affected primary school cancels the lessons. The district administrator and operational management will speak at a press conference. The developments in the news blog.
12.05 p.m .: Press conference ended
Cancer ends the press conference. Further information would be announced as soon as possible.
12 noon: cobblestones at the accident site “very smooth”
The conditions at the scene of the accident seem to have promoted the accident. “The cobblestones at the scene of the accident were very smooth,” said Lierhammer, saying that the emergency services immediately sprinkled salt on arrival. So far, there is no evidence of a technical cause or misconduct by the driver.
11:59: More information about the victims
Both of the children who died were eight years old, and were a girl and a boy. A total of 22 students between the ages of eight and eleven were on the bus.
11.55 a.m .: situation on site “depressing”
Christian Grebe, on-site operations manager, announces further details. Eight life-saving appliances were used on site. To make matters worse, many volunteers came from the area of those affected. The situation on site was depressing, “the emergency services did a great job”.
11.50 a.m .: Police director: “Course of the accident is not commonplace”
Police director Günther Lierhammer from LPI Gotha comments cautiously: “We can only announce the first rough details. The bus slid backwards over the cobblestones, then got off the road and overturned several times.”
Two children were killed and five other children seriously injured. A crisis intervention team is on site.
“The course of the accident is also not an everyday occurrence for us”, the accident picture on site had put the task force to the test. There is currently no further knowledge of the accident.
11:43: Interior Minister Maier: “Today is not the day to speculate”
“We were all surprised this morning by this news and the sad result that two children died,” says a visibly affected Maier. Another child was seriously injured in a hospital in Gotha. The whole place is in shock.
Affected: Thuringia’s Interior Minister Georg Maier. (Source: imago images)
Maier thanks the emergency services on site: “We have a total of eight vehicles in use with 26 comrades.” The police are also involved with 25 other forces
The politician also emphasizes: “Today is not the day to speculate. I would also like to make it clear that we will do everything we can to help those affected locally.”
11:38: Press conference has started
In the staff room of the Wartburgkreis rescue center, District Administrator Reinhard Krebs first expresses his condolences. Then Thuringia’s Interior Minister Maier has his say.
11:15 a.m .: Press conference scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
The district office Thuringia has a press conference in the staff room of the Wartburgkreis rescue center for 11:30 a.m. Eisenach granted, among other things, District Administrator Reinhard Krebs, Vice District Administrator Udo Schilling and the operational management will speak.
Reinhard Krebs: The district administrator of the Wartburgkreis speaks at a press conference about the accident. (Source: Bild13 / imago images)
11.05 a.m .: Secretariat to t-online.de: Lessons at the affected school are canceled
At the State Elementary School Berka in front of the Hainich, the decision was immediately made to drop out of lessons. There is now an attempt to reach all parents to have the children picked up, the secretariat said on request from t-online.de. Care is provided for children who are not picked up.
(Source: t-online.de)
10.30 a.m .: Ramelow reacts to misfortune
Prime Minister of Thuringia Bodo Ramelow was shown in a first reaction badly affected by the accident.
The news of the tragic school bus accident in Berka / Hainich reaches me with great dismay. There are two dead school children and I mourn with the parents and relatives. I wish the injured a speedy recovery and we want to assist the parents.
– Bodo Ramelow (@bodoramelow) January 23, 2020
“There are two dead schoolchildren and I mourn with the parents and relatives,” Ramelow wrote on Twitter. “I wish the injured a speedy recovery and we want to assist the parents.”
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