Four people have been taken to hospital after a school bus carrying 43 pupils and a driver overturned in a field in County Down in Northern Ireland yesterday.
Photographs on social media showed children in uniform walking from the blue doubledecker bus, which had a shattered windscreen.
Two people were rescued from the bus by firemen using specialist cutting equipment at the scene near Carrowdore.
The incident happened at about 3.45pm. The Police Service of Northern Ireland described it as a ‘serious road traffic collision’.
The Northern Ireland ambulance service (NIAS) indicated most of the passengers had suffered “minor injuries if any”, such as cuts and bruises, with eight people requiring more serious medical treatment.
In a later update, it said most were well enough to be discharged at the scene, which is near the towns of Donaghadee and Newtownards.
Police are investigating the circumstances behind the crash, and Northern Ireland’s public transport provider, Translink, has said it is assisting with the investigation.
“The bus hit a post and it started to stall and went down this hill. It just started shaking. I closed my eyes and then I opened them and I was on the floor,”a student said.
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