In Germany, 17 people were killed and 31 injured when a bus burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway in the state of Bavaria today. <br/><br/>Some have been critically injured. Rescue helicopters joined emergency workers at the scene. Police said, the tourists are Germans from Saxony. <br/><br/>There were 46 passengers and two drivers on the bus, which was burning fiercely when firefighters arrived at the scene. It is not yet clear what caused the collision.