German police believe 18 people have died after a coach burst into flames following a collision with a lorry on a motorway in Bavaria on Monday morning. Police said a group of 46 pensioners and two drivers were on the coach when it caught fire after driving into the back of a slow-moving articulated lorry on the A9, which connects Berlin and Munich via Leipzig and Nuremberg. “Thirty passengers were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries. The others are believed to have died in the burning tour bus,” the police said. Local media reported that the lorry, which was loaded with pillows and mattresses, caught fire at the moment of impact.The A9 was closed in both directions as several fire and ambulance vehicles, including helicopters, rushed to the scene, close to the town of Stammbach.According to Bild newspaper, the coach had been travelling from the Lausitz region towards Lake Garda, Italy’s largest lake and a popular tourist destination.(Theguardian)…[+]