Bus recovered and transported away after accident on A44. Road in the direction of Kassel will be cleaned and reopened shortly, a police spokesman said in the early morning.

The bus left the motorway near Werl without the involvement of other vehicles, drove into the ditch and fell onto its side. The cause of the accident was initially unclear. The coach was carrying a group of students from a vocational college from Hesse. It was on the way back from a trip to England on Friday night.