A child died this Thursday, July 17 in Minehead in southwest England, after a bus left the road. The last evaluation communicated by the Local Police indicates that two other children were seriously injured. In total, 21 passengers were transported to the hospital.
Between 60 and 70 people were on the bus at the time of the accident. The coach “overturned on his roof and slipped about six meters above a embankment,” explains Wayne Darch, deputy director of operations at a press conference.
An “heartbreaking” accident, according to Keir Starmer
In total, 60 firefighters and eight trucks were sent to the accident to help accidents, with the support of the Local Police. Firefighters extracted the children trapped on the bus.
“It was an incredibly difficult scene for all emergency services … Today’s events are really tragic,” says Mark Edgington, Superintendent of the Avon and Somerset Police.
The authorities explain that a firefighter was by chance behind the bus at the time of the accident. He provided first aid, when he was not in service, before the arrival of the aid.
The circumstances of the accident remain vague. Rachel Gilmour, deputy of Tiverton and Minehead, described our Sky News colleagues as a “very difficult and very sinuous path (…) with very steep descents on each side.”
For his part, Prime Minister Keir Starmer deplored a “heartbreaking” accident, without finding “adequate words (…) after the death of a child.” Police have announced that investigation into the causes of the accident will be carried out. “
Source: BFM TV
