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19/07/2006
Several injured after coach overturns on M6
Two adults and two children have been badly injured after a coach carrying schoolchildren overturned in the M6 in Lancashire.
22 casualties were also in suffering from shock and taken to hospital to be further monitored.
None of the injuries are thought to be life threatening.
The coach was taking children from Walney Secondary School on a school trip to Cumbria when the accident occurred on the south bound side side of the motorway between junctions 34 and 33 at University Hill in Lancaster at around 10.30am this morning.
The carriageway closed this morning but reopened at around 2.30pm today.
Police have not yet released the name of the coach company involved, but said they were arranging for water, food, a toilet and paramedics to be taken to the scene where motorists were trapped.
A total of 26 casualties were taken to the Royal Preston Hospital and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
(CD)
22 casualties were also in suffering from shock and taken to hospital to be further monitored.
None of the injuries are thought to be life threatening.
The coach was taking children from Walney Secondary School on a school trip to Cumbria when the accident occurred on the south bound side side of the motorway between junctions 34 and 33 at University Hill in Lancaster at around 10.30am this morning.
The carriageway closed this morning but reopened at around 2.30pm today.
Police have not yet released the name of the coach company involved, but said they were arranging for water, food, a toilet and paramedics to be taken to the scene where motorists were trapped.
A total of 26 casualties were taken to the Royal Preston Hospital and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
(CD)
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