Among the deadliest in recent years was a collision in June 2007, when 13 people were killed as their tour bus drove off the road.
17 people were feared dead after a tour bus burst into flames following a collision with a trailer truck in southern Germany on Monday.- The accident struck near the town Bayreuth, which draws thousands of classical music lovers every summer to its opera festival.
- If those missing are confirmed killed, the accident at the start of the summer holiday season would be one of the worst to hit Germany.
- An emergency team, including firefighters and rescue workers, were at the scene, while traffic on the motorway was halted in both directions.
- According to the Bild newspaper, the coach was travelling from the eastern region of Lausitz and heading for Nuremberg.
- Some 31 injured people were pulled out of the bus. Images on television showed only a charred skeleton of the bus remaining.
- The bus carrying 46 passengers and two drivers rammed into the trailer in traffic jam on the motorway A9 close to the Bavarian town of Stammbach.
- There was 'only a glimmer of hope' that 17 people missing after the collision would be found alive outside the coach
17 people were feared dead after a tour bus burst into flames following a collision with a trailer truck in southern Germany on Monday.
Among the deadliest in recent years was a collision in June 2007, when 13 people were killed as their tour bus drove off the road.
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