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| Boy seriously hurt in fall from coach at M4 and M49 junction | |
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| A 13-year-old boy from a Welsh rugby club has a "significant head injury" after falling out of a moving coach near Bristol. | |
| The accident happened as the coach was on a roundabout at the junction of the M4 and M49 motorways at 19:00 BST. | |
| It is believed the boy fell out of the fire escape door while the coach was on the roundabout. | |
| An ambulance service critical care team was in attendance and the boy has been taken to Bristol Children's Hospital. | |
| Part of the M49 has been closed off. | Part of the M49 has been closed off. |
| The boy was with from the Tondu under-13s rugby team from Bridgend, south Wales. | |
| Ken James, whose grandson was also on the coach, said a car stopped inches from the injured boy on the road. | |
| "The police are there and the ambulance has taken him to hospital. | |
| "They are all in a big jam at the moment but we've been told there is another bus going to get them," he said. | |
| Tony Fox, who is a member of the Tondu committee, said officials were waiting for news. | |
| "We just don't know any more," he said. | |
| The coach involved belongs to Keith Jones coaches based in Bridgend. | |
| Mr Jones said: "I'm distraught at what's happened - I just don't know what to say." |