A freight train Lost control into a bus in Osnabrück on Wednesday morning, leaving several people seriously injured, local media report.
The crash happened right away around 8.15am when the train hit the back of the bus which stood stationary on the tracks, according to the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (NOZ).
NOZ initially reported that the bus was a school bus, but later updated the article to describe it as a rail replacement bus. The collision took place within the vicinity of a train station at Melle-Westerhausen.
The bus had stopped to let people out but still had its rear end on the tracks. When a passenger alerted the driver to the oncoming train, he tried to close the doors.
But when they failed to close he was unable to move the vehicle, NOZ reports.
Emergency services have arrived at the scene and have deployed helicopters among other vehicles.
Police told Spiegel Online that nine people have been reported injured, two of whom were seriously injured.
The train driver was among those taken to hospital.
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