School bus crash sees '50 kids treated at scene' as woman rushed to hospital

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A woman was rushed to hospital and around 50 others, believed to be schoolkids, are being assessed after a school bus overturned this morning.The casualty was rushed to hospital in a serious condition while the others were assessed at the scene.

The crash involved a coach and a car on the M53 motorway in Merseyside.The Liverpool Echo reports the woman suffered "major trauma-related injuries" following the collision, which took place between J5, at Eastham, and J4, at Bebington.

Merseyside police said the school coach hit a reservation and overturned. It's understood pupils from both Calday Grange Grammar School and West Kirby Grammar are involved.

The fire service confirmed that there are "a number of causalities".A spokesperson for North West Ambulance Service said: "NWAS has declared a major incident following a road traffic collision between a coach and a car on the M53 northbound at approximately 8.30 this morning."The trust dispatched a large number of resources to the scene, including ambulances, advanced paramedics, our Hazardous Area Response Team and a HEMS doctor.