More than 10 children were injured in a car accident that occurred on Friday afternoon in Dezhou City, east China's Shandong Province, local authorities said.

The traffic police department received a report of the accident at 1:41 p.m. Friday.

Police rushed to the scene and found that a black sedan hit over 10 children near the gate of a primary school in Decheng District.

The injured have been sent to a hospital for treatment.

(With UNI inputs)