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German teenagers injured in bus crash

July 12, 2015

Seventeen teenagers from Bremerhaven were injured when their coach left the road and overturned. The crash happened on a highway that runs past the northern Italian city of Trento.

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Several German teenagers were injured in a bus crash in northern Italy.
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The injured youngsters - aged between 17 and 19 - and in the 12th grade at Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium had been on a school trip to Sorrento, southern Italy.

On Sunday morning, the coach they were returning to Germany in was traveling on the A22, a highway that runs passed the northern city of Trento, when it left the carriageway and flipped onto its side.

Seventeen teenagers - among the 45 people on board - were hospitalized, but officials said none of the injuries was serious and the students were later released. The driver was also hurt.

Map of northern Italy and Germany
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The cause of the accident was unclear, Italian media, however, suggested the driver had possibly fallen asleep for a few seconds.

Officials said those on board would have had trouble escaping from the wreckage without help.

Civil protection officials said the uninjured teenagers were taken to a local gym.

mm/sms (AP, dpa)