19 Injured as Bus Heading to Sweden Crashes Near Berlin

19 Injured as Bus Heading to Sweden Crashes Near Berlin
A crashed bus lies on the side in Schoenwald near Berlin, Germany, on July 30, 2021. (TNN/DPA via AP/Screenshot via NTD)

Police say 19 people have been injured, nine of them seriously, after a bus en route from Belgrade to Stockholm crashed on Friday south of Berlin.

The injured included people from Serbia, Sweden, Germany, and Israel, German news agency dpa reported, quoting Brandenburg state police.

Police said the bus swerved off the highway near Schoenwald, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of the capital, and then toppled over.

Several of the injured had to be flown to nearby hospitals by helicopter, police said in a statement.

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