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Twenty-six injured in coach crash | Twenty-six injured in coach crash |
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Twenty-six people were injured in a crash involving a coach and a skip lorry in North Lincolnshire. | |
The accident happened on the A18 at Mortal Ash Hill, near Scunthorpe, just after 0800 BST on Friday. | |
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said nine coach passengers had serious injuries and firefighters had to free three people from the wreckage. | Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said nine coach passengers had serious injuries and firefighters had to free three people from the wreckage. |
The injured people were adults on a day trip to London. The A18 was closed for several hours after the crash. | |
Four crews of firefighters from Scunthorpe and Winterton stations were called to the scene. | |
A fire brigade spokesman said the injured passengers were taken to local hospitals in a fleet of ambulances. | |
He said paramedics used minibuses at the scene as triage points. | |
A Humberside Police spokeswoman said the Hornsby Travel coach collided with the rear of a large skip lorry between the Morrisons supermarket and the Corus steelworks. | A Humberside Police spokeswoman said the Hornsby Travel coach collided with the rear of a large skip lorry between the Morrisons supermarket and the Corus steelworks. |
"There were initially some passengers trapped, but that was due to damage to the bus door, rather than them being trapped in their seats," she said. | "There were initially some passengers trapped, but that was due to damage to the bus door, rather than them being trapped in their seats," she said. |
All the passengers and the driver, who was experiencing pain in his sternum, were taken to hospital for checks and later released. | |
Most suffered from minor injuries including shock, cuts and bruises. | |
Day trip | Day trip |
A spokesman for Hornsby Travel said a representative for the company had visited Scunthorpe General Hospital, where the injured passengers were treated. | |
The firm organised mini buses and taxis to take the passengers home as soon as they were released from hospital. | |
The coach was on its way to Lincoln to pick up passengers for a day trip to London. | |
Those passengers were contacted and informed the trip had been postponed. | |
The cause of the accident is under investigation. | The cause of the accident is under investigation. |