Two dead, 20 injured as buses crash

Two people died and about 20 others were injured when two British buses crashed near Cologne, in Germany, emergency officials said.

The dead were believed to be a bus driver and a British youth, according to the emergency fire services in the town of Kerpen.

The accident happened on the A4 motorway, near an exit at Kerpen, officials said.

The cause of the accident was not immediately clear and prosecutors have started an investigation, emergency services officials said.