The bus from Kosovo was on its way to Germany with 28 passengers on board and hit a fence at around 3am for unknown reasons.

All the injured, three of them in a serious condition, are citizens of the self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo, the source added.

Red Cross employees and volunteers from Austria and the neighboring German province of Bavaria, are working on the scene.

The national police ruled out that other vehicles were affected by the accident.

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