The cold weather and frost in Germany are the cause of many accidents in which three people have lost their lives today, while flights from the Munich airport have been cancelled.
One student was killed and at least 10 were taken to hospitals, while two others, including the school bus driver, were seriously injured in a crash in the eastern German province of Saxony, police said.
Two other people died after a car and a truck collided.
Snowfall has reached up to half a meter in Bavaria, and led to the cancellation of many trains, with signaling systems and electronic information boards often malfunctioning.
