This was reported to the police Kortrijk Friday.
The bus crashed just after noon on a truck, and then a second truck drove into the coach. The Dutch coach slowed because traffic before stopped on the motorway towards Lille, France.
The bus drove only a low speed when driving a Bulgarian truck at high speed behind. The coach bumped therefore its predecessor, a Belgian truck, causing the bus driver became trapped, said a spokesman for tour operator Travel hoses.
Hospital
According to the ANWB Emergency Centre, a total of 24 Dutch victims in hospitals in Kortrijk and Menen recorded. At the end of the afternoon were still twelve, the rest were dismissed at the beginning of the evening.
There were seven seriously injured Dutch, one of whom was in critical condition. After a medical examination revealed that the situation of the victims is stable and no serious injuries and more.
The accident happened near the border with France. The E17 highway has been closed for hours. Around 19.30 hours the highway was again released at Mouscron.
View first images just after the accident
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daily backups
in the neighborhood where the accident happened, at Mouscron in southern Belgium, are daily traffic jams by controls at the border with France
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