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A38 Birmingham school trip crash kills girl, 14 Girl dies in A38 Birmingham school trip crash
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A 14-year-old girl has died in a crash involving pupils going on a school art trip. A 14-year-old girl has died in a minibus crash involving pupils going on a school art trip.
Emergency services were called to the crash between the minibus and lorry on the A38 in Castle Vale, Birmingham at 09:00 BST on Friday. Emergency services were called to the crash between the minibus and a lorry on the A38 in Castle Vale, Birmingham at 09:00 BST on Friday.
A further 25 people were also treated, including the lorry driver, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. Another teenage girl had minor injuries and a further 24 people were treated by paramedics, including the lorry driver.
The pupils attend John Taylor High School in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire. The pupils were all from John Taylor High School in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire.
The air ambulance was also called to the scene. The girl died at the scene, the ambulance service said.
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In a statement on its website, the school added: "A number of our Year 9 and Year 12 students that are on an art trip have been involved in a serious road traffic accident this morning. West Midlands Police said three teachers and a further 20 pupils were on the minibus.
The teenager who suffered minor injuries was taken to Heartlands Hospital.
Police said several others were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Machine worker Stephen Jones, 38, who works nearby, said: "I heard a big bang at 9am this morning - a massive bang.
"I came over and had a look and the police were here with the sirens and they'd shut it all.
"I saw the coroner's ambulance and I heard a girl had passed away."
He added: "There are a lot of accidents here all the time, it's a busy road."
'Understandably devastated'
Supt Dean Hatton, head of the Central Motorway Police Group, said: "The family of the teenage girl has been informed and they are being supported by officers from our family liaison unit."
"We are also in contact with the school, and our colleagues at Staffordshire Police, who are understandably devastated as this occurred while their students were on a school trip."
In a statement published earlier on its website, the school added: "A number of our Year 9 and Year 12 students that are on an art trip have been involved in a serious road traffic accident this morning.
"We are working to support those directly affected.""We are working to support those directly affected."
The school is a specialist science and leadership academy and has 1,500 pupils.
It is located in Barton-under-Needwood, close to Burton-upon-Trent and Lichfield.
The calendar on the school's website suggests a trip had been planned for Friday to Birmingham's Botanical Gardens and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.The calendar on the school's website suggests a trip had been planned for Friday to Birmingham's Botanical Gardens and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
The calendar also shows the Year 11 prom was due to be held on Friday night. It also shows the school's Year 11 prom was due to be held on Friday night.
West Midlands Police's Force Contact team tweeted that the air ambulance was in attendance and the road was expected to be closed for a "considerable time". West Midlands Police's Force Contact team earlier tweeted that the air ambulance had been sent to the crash scene and the road was expected to be closed for a "considerable time".
It said: "Multiple resources are continuing to deal with a serious RTC on the A38 near to Forge Lane. This will be closed for some considerable time. It said: "Multiple resources are continuing to deal with a serious RTC on the A38 near to Forge Lane. This will be closed for some considerable time."
Road closures in place following the crash: Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant tweeted he was "deeply saddened".
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Jamie Arrowsmith said they had been called at 09:00 BST.
"Crews arrived on scene to discover a collision between a minibus and a lorry," he said.
"Ambulance staff assessed multiple patients from the minibus at the scene, together with the lorry driver."
Erdington MP Jack Dromey also tweeted his shock at the crash.
The school, is a specialist science and leadership academy and has 1,500 pupils. It is located in Barton-under-Needwood, close to Burton-upon-Trent and Lichfield.