Injuries reported after coach carrying school children crashes in Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Multiple people were injured in a coach crash in the east of the Netherlands early on Monday, Dutch police said.

The coach was carrying around 50 people including a large number of school children, a police spokesman said, when it crashed near the town of Wezep, some 100 km (62 miles) east of Amsterdam around 4.00 a.m. (0200 GMT) due to a collision with a minivan.

The exact number of people injured in the accident , was unknown, but no deaths were reported. 

Police could not specify the nationality of the passengers.

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

(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Lincoln Feast)

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