Shuttle Bus Driver has Heart Attack at Wheel

Wed 4th Aug, 2010

Airport. On monday evening on the way back to Munich airport, a 69 year old shuttle bus driver from Garmisch-Partenkirchen crashed into the side rail and died.

The bus skidded on the road near the airport into a side rail for about 100 metres and then fell over, according to police reports on Tuesday. The 69 year old driver died on site. The police assume that he had a heart attack. According to passengers, the driver suddenly collapsed, says airport police spokesman Harald Lindacher.

The five passengers, all tourists from China, suffered minor injuries.


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