20 of the 47 bus passengers suffered minor injuries, according to the police in Tyrol. The three car occupants and the Greek bus driver had to be taken to hospital.

The bus from the Aichach-Friedberg district in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia collided with a car from the Karlsruhe district on the Fernpass road in Tyrol near Bichlbach. How the collision occurred was still being investigated in the afternoon.

Accident occurred on Saturday morning

According to police, the accident happened shortly after 7 a.m. Both the car and the bus were significantly damaged. The road was temporarily completely closed. Among other things, fuel had leaked onto the road. The result was kilometers of traffic jams in both directions. After two hours, traffic was initially led alternately in one direction past the scene of the accident. The road was only reopened at 10:20 a.m.