Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and the North West Ambulance Service have declared major incidents after a school bus was involved in a crash on the M53 motorway.
The crash, involving the bus and a car, happened near junction five for Eastham, at around 8am this morning (Friday). Police, paramedics and firefighters were scrambled to the scene as the motorway was fully shut off in both directions.
It is thought the bus was en route to West Kirby all-girls grammar school and Calday Grange all-boys grammar school, also in West Kirby, Merseyside.
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