Dozens injured in Northern Ireland school bus crash
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Local media showed the bus lying on its side in a field, with emergency responders in attendance.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
LONDON – Dozens of children aboard a school bus that overturned in a crash on Oct 7 suffered minor injuries, while four required hospital treatment, emergency services said.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said it was dealing with the “major incident” near a village east of Belfast, on the eastern coast of the UK territory.
“Latest information would indicate 43 schoolchildren on the bus plus one driver,” the NIAS said on social media platform X.
“Four patients will require hospital treatment and the rest should be discharged at scene,” it added.
The service said in an earlier statement that it had sent “multiple resources to the scene”, including various medical responders.
The statement added that dozens of the passengers had suffered “minor injuries”, while eight patients were being treated for “more significant injuries” at the scene.
Local media showed a photograph of the bus lying on its side in a field, with emergency responders, including an air ambulance, in attendance.
Mr Robert Adair, a local councillor, told AFP that the school bus involved had been transporting students from nearby Strangford College.
According to its website, children aged 11 to 18 attend the school.
“It’s every parent’s worst nightmare,” Mr Adair said. “I just hope and pray... that all the children are safe.” AFP
