50 children hurt in crash

CHESTER - Seventy one schoolchildren had an amazing escape last night when their double decker bus ploughed into a low footbridge…

CHESTER - Seventy one schoolchildren had an amazing escape last night when their double decker bus ploughed into a low footbridge, shaving off most of the top deck. Fifty of the children and a man believed to be the bus driver were taken to hospital in a fleet of ambulances following the smash near Runcorn, Cheshire.

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