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03/06/2014
Two School Buses Crash With 50 Children On Board
50 children aged between 11 and 18 and two adults have been involved in a crash after the school buses they were travelling in collided, in Stanley, County Durham at around 8.20am.
Thirteen ambulances were sent to the scene of the accident and a 12-year-old has been airlifted to hospital suffering with serious facial injuries. Another two injured children have been taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary while others are being treated for shock at the scene.
A bus driver was also trapped but has been freed.
The pupils, from St Bede's School in Lanchester and Tanfield School Comprehensive, were taken to the nearby Oxhill public house were they met the teachers.
Supt Colin Williamson, of Durham Police, said: "The safety of those injured in the collision is our primary concern along with supporting their families."
Roads in the area remain closed."
(CVS/CD)
Thirteen ambulances were sent to the scene of the accident and a 12-year-old has been airlifted to hospital suffering with serious facial injuries. Another two injured children have been taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary while others are being treated for shock at the scene.
A bus driver was also trapped but has been freed.
The pupils, from St Bede's School in Lanchester and Tanfield School Comprehensive, were taken to the nearby Oxhill public house were they met the teachers.
Supt Colin Williamson, of Durham Police, said: "The safety of those injured in the collision is our primary concern along with supporting their families."
Roads in the area remain closed."
(CVS/CD)
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