A bus carrying Filipino tourists to Germany’s Oktoberfest festival in Munich veered off a highway and overturned Sunday, leaving at least two people dead and eight others injured, according to Germany’s dpa news agency.
The coach left the road at around 6 a.m. local time on a highway near the town of Buchloe in Germany’s Ostallgäu region, dpa reported, citing officials.
Images from the scene showed the bus lying on its side in a wooded area as rescue workers attended the scene.
Martin Cornils, a spokesperson for traffic police in nearby Fürstenfeldbruck, said the tour group had been traveling to Oktoberfest, the news agency reported.
The popular annual festival began eight days ago.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known and remained under investigation.
Dpa initially reported that the bus was traveling from Zurich, Switzerland, to Milan, Italy. Officials later said around 35 people were on board, fewer than initially estimated, and that all the passengers were Filipino nationals.
The two bus drivers were unharmed.
Earlier this month, five people were killed when a Dutch tour bus crashed in eastern Switzerland.