Crash involving coach carrying German students injures 16

Sixteen people have been injured as a coach carrying German high-school students collided with a delivery van in the eastern Netherlands, Dutch police have said.

Eight people including the van driver were seriously hurt, while the remainder suffered minor injuries, the police department of the Gelderland region said. All were taken to hospital, it added.

The cause of the accident, near Wezep, to the east of Amsterdam, is under investigation. It is unclear how many of the wounded were students.

More than 50 students and four teachers were on the coach travelling to Paris from a school in the northern German town of Schönberg, according to a notice on its website.

The students belonged to two grade 12 classes - typically for those aged 17 to 18 years old - it added.

The school said there had been no reports of life-threatening injuries and that all of those involved were receiving comprehensive medical care.

Police said they received a report of a serious accident on the A28 near Wezep at around time 04:20 local time (02:20 GMT) on Monday.

The coach collided with a delivery van, crashed through the guardrail, and overturned onto its side, according to Dutch and German media, citing local police.

The A28 highway remains closed in both directions following the accident.