Four children and two adults injured after car overturns on A16 in Rotterdam

Two children were seriously injured when the car they were in overturned on the A16 highway in Rotterdam on Sunday. It was a single-vehicle accident, the police reported.

Op de A16 is bij een eenzijdig ongeval een auto over de kop geslagen. De inzittenden, 1 volwassen vrouw en 5 kinderen, liepen allen letsel op, waarvan 2 kinderen ernstig. Allen zijn naar het ziekenhuis gebracht. De A16 voor de afslag A20 idrv Utrecht is volledig afgesloten.

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According to the police, there were two other children and two adults in the car. The four car occupants were also injured and were taken to a hospital.

The A16 is completely closed before the exit to the A20 in the direction of Utrecht.