When a school bus hit the brakes in Völklingen, Saarland, 20 children were injured.
The bus driver had to brake on Monday morning, otherwise he would have collided with a ten-year-old boy emerging between two parked trucks, the police said.
The boy apparently wanted to cross the lane and hadn't seen the bus.
Völklingen - Because of the braking, several children sitting and standing in the bus fell to the ground.
A total of 54 people were on board.
Rescue workers looked after the children, the slightly injured were taken to hospitals and the uninjured were taken to primary school.
dpa