Winter has returned to Bavaria in some places: In Würzburg, there were massive delays and cancellations in bus services on Wednesday morning, as reported by the Würzburger Verkehrs- und Versorgungs-GmbH (WVV). “The buses only run occasionally. There is so much snow that it is impossible to get through,” said a WVV spokeswoman in the morning.
Two buses slipped into a ditch in Würzburg. One of the vehicles was then so unfavorable that the doors could no longer be opened. “The approximately ten passengers and the driver had to get out through the top hatch,” said a police spokesman. According to initial findings, no one was injured. In Coburg, too, the buses could not drive for hours because many streets were not cleared enough. Overall, there were dozens of accidents in Lower Franconia due to the weather in the morning, and nothing was initially known about serious injuries. Most of the time it was sheet metal damage.
There were also school failures in parts of Lower Franconia. In the city and district of Würzburg and in the district of Kitzingen, face-to-face teaching at public schools was canceled on Wednesday, as the Bavarian Ministry of Education announced on a website set up for this purpose.
However, the students are not automatically guaranteed a day off: the schools can decide individually about distance learning. The German Weather Service expected snowfall and ice, especially in Franconia, on Wednesday morning, and from midday also on the edge of the Alps.