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title: "Coach carrying German high-school students crashes in Netherlands"
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# Coach carrying German high-school students crashes in Netherlands

> A coach carrying high-school students from Germany crashed in the east of the Netherlands early on Monday, injuring eight people, who were taken to hospital, Dutch police said.

By Reuters · Published 24 August 2026, 13:39 SAST

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"Some of the victims taken to the hospital are seriously injured," the police department of Gelderland province said in a post on X. Other people suffered minor injuries in the accident.

The coach, which carried more than 50 people, according to a police spokesperson, crashed near the town of Wezep, some 100 km (62 miles) east of Amsterdam around 4 a.m. (0200 GMT) due to a collision with a delivery van, whose driver was among the injured victims.

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

(Reporting by Bart Meijer and Inti Landauro; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Alex Richardson)