Coach carrying German high school students crashes in Netherlands
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The A28 highway was closed in both directions following the accident.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- A coach carrying over 50 German high school students crashed in eastern Netherlands, injuring 16 people on Aug 24.
- Eight passengers were severely wounded, and others had minor injuries; all were taken to hospital.
- The crash occurred after a collision with a delivery van, leading to closure of the A28 highway near Wezep.
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AMSTERDAM – A coach carrying high school students from Germany crashed in the east of the Netherlands early on Aug 24, injuring 16 people, the Dutch police said.
All sixteen were taken to hospital. Eight of them were severely wounded, while the others suffered minor injuries, the police department of Gelderland province said in a post on social media platform X.
The coach, which was carrying more than 50 people, crashed near the town of Wezep, some 100km east of Amsterdam around 4am local time.
The crash occurred after the vehicle collided with a delivery van, whose driver was among those injured.
The coach was registered in Austria, according to a police spokesperson.
The A28 highway was closed in both directions following the accident. REUTERS
