14/05/2014

Cornwall Crash Bus Driver Released On Bail

The bus driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a coach struck a wall on a steep hill at Moral, near Looe in Cornwall has been released on bail.

The 57-year-old coach driver, from Exeter, is on bail until the 11th August.

Two women died in the crash and eight people are believed to be critically injured.

One woman died at the scene and the other was pronounced dead on arrival at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, according to Devon and Cornwall Police.

The coach was carrying 50 passengers who were on an Age Concern trip.

(CVS/CD)

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