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44 Mostly Romanian Fruit Pickers Injured in German Bus Crash

44 Mostly Romanian Fruit Pickers Injured in German Bus Crash

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 10:38 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say 44 people, most of them female seasonal workers from Romania, have been injured in a bus crash.

Police spokeswoman Anke Hamker says the bus had been on a country road when it overturned Wednesday near Bohmte, close to the northern city of Osnabrueck. Hamker says the driver lost control when the bus entered a roundabout and that the preliminary cause of the crash was brake failure.

She said six people were seriously injured, including a woman pinned inside the bus who was freed by firefighters.

Hamker said the Romanian women were in Germany as seasonal fruit pickers at a strawberry farm.

Romania's Foreign Ministry said that its embassy in Berlin was working with local officials to determine the victims' identities and their state of health.

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Police in Germany say 44 people, most of them female seasonal workers from Romania, have been injured in a bus crash.Police spokeswoman Anke Hamker says the bus had been on a country road when it overturned Wednesday near Bohmte, close to the northern city of Osnabrueck....
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