Two Killed as Bus Carrying Tourists to Oktoberfest Overturns in Bavaria

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September 27, 2026

A bus carrying around 50 Filipino tourists from Milan to Munich’s Oktoberfest overturned on the A96 motorway in Upper Bavaria on Sunday. Two passengers were killed and eight others seriously injured, while numerous other passengers suffered minor injuries. Police said the bus left the road without involvement from another vehicle near Landsberg am Lech. The motorway was fully closed.

Two Killed as Bus Carrying Tourists to Oktoberfest Overturns in Bavaria

The coach had been carrying a group of 50 Filipinos to the Oktoberfest beer festival - AFP

Two Philippine nationals were killed on Sunday when a coach carrying them to the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany overturned on a motorway, police said. The accident, which occurred around 0400 GMT, left eight others seriously injured.
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The coach, chartered by a travel company, was carrying a group of around 50 Filipino tourists to the Oktoberfest in Munich, a spokeswoman for the Upper Bavaria police prefecture told AFP. According to initial findings from the investigation, the vehicle left the road before overturning near Buchloe, in a region close to the Austrian border. It had departed from the town of Mailand. It was traveling from Milan, Italy, to Munich for Oktoberfest; the passengers were Filipino citizens.
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Significant emergency resources were deployed at the scene and the motorway was closed in both directions.

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