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Bus carrying children crashes into apartment building in Bad Oldesloe
A bus carrying schoolchildren crashed into an apartment building in Bad Oldesloe, in northern Germany, on Friday morning.
Police said the bus left a roundabout and struck the building shortly after 7 a.m.; the cause is not yet known.
Fourteen people were injured, including the driver, who was trapped and had to be cut out of the bus.
Some of those hurt were reported to be seriously injured, and two were residents of a ground-floor flat.
Engineers are checking whether the building is at risk of collapse, and the area has been closed off.
The bus will be removed after the safety check, while the investigation into why it left the road continues.
A bus carrying children crashed into the wall of an apartment building in Bad Oldesloe on Friday morning.
NDR reported 14 people injured, including the driver and two residents of the ground-floor apartment.
The driver was trapped and had to be cut out of the bus by rescuers.
The cause of the crash is not yet known.
A structural engineer is checking whether the damaged building is at risk of collapse.
- Who
- A bus carrying schoolchildren, its driver and residents of the apartment building were involved.
- What
- The bus left a roundabout and crashed into the wall of an apartment building. NDR reported 14 people injured.
- When
- Friday morning, 30 October 2026, shortly after 7 a.m.
- Where
- At the Sülzberg/Kurparkallee roundabout in Bad Oldesloe, Stormarn district, Germany.
- Why
- The cause of the crash is not yet known.
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The bus left the roundabout and crashed into the wall of an apartment building.
Rescuers freed the trapped driver, and emergency services attended the scene.
NDR reported 14 injured and said a structural engineer was checking whether the building was at risk of collapse.
- Location
- Sülzberg/Kurparkallee roundabout, Bad Oldesloe
- Injured
- 14, according to NDR
- Children aboard
- Around 20, according to WEB.DE
- Emergency response
- More than 100 personnel, according to NDR
- Building assessment
- A Technical Relief Agency structural engineer was checking for collapse risk, according to NDR