16 people were injured in an accident involving a coach on the A24 last night.

According to initial findings, the bus from Poland with 59 passengers on board came off the road between Hamburg and Berlin and collided with the central guardrail and a traffic sign, police reported. The impact reportedly damaged all of the windows on the left side of the bus. 16 passengers were injured in the face by glass splinters. The severity of the injuries was initially unclear, a police spokesman said. The motorway was completely closed near the town of Blievenstorf in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the direction of Hamburg.