11/09/2015
Pupils Taken To Hospital After School Bus Crash
A double-decker school bus carrying up to twenty pupils has been involved in a collision in North Lanarkshire.
It is understood the bus collided with a car on Petersburn Road, Airdrie, at about 08:40 on Friday.
Police said the pupils where taken by ambulances to Monklands and Wishaw Hospitals "as a precaution", but there are no reports of any injuries.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
(MH/CD)
It is understood the bus collided with a car on Petersburn Road, Airdrie, at about 08:40 on Friday.
Police said the pupils where taken by ambulances to Monklands and Wishaw Hospitals "as a precaution", but there are no reports of any injuries.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
(MH/CD)
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