Bus accident injures 25 in Germany

A total of 25 people have been injured – 11 of them seriously – after a bus accident on a motorway in the eastern German state of Saxony.

German news agency DAPD reported that a bus from Poland left the A4 highway near Hohenstein-Ernstthal early this morning and landed on its side in a ditch.

The cause of the accident was not clear.

Police said the 11 severely injured passengers were taken to hospitals, while the others were taken to a nearby police precinct where they were examined by medical staff.

The bus was on its way from Dresden to Erfurt.