A total of 28 passengers, aged from 12 to 52 and many of them local school children, were on board the bus which was travelling in the area of Grundsteinheim-Lichtenau, Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, at the time of the collision.
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Police said 20 people were injured, two of them seriously. The driver, 43, was not injured in the crash, which happened at around 7am.
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The crash caused huge damage to the vehicle, as the picture shows.Â
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A large-scale rescue operation took place for several hours after the incident. Helicopters were deployed to the scene of the crash. A nearby fire station was set up as a meeting point for relatives of those injured.
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Initial investigations show the bus left the road at about 7am and crashed into a tree shortly before entering Grundsteinheim.Â
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It is still unclear how and why the driver lost control of the bus. The investigation is continuing.
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