SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS 2007

School Bus Crash - England
7 February 2007

A woman was injured in a crash with a school bus this morning.

There were no children on the bus, which was on its way to pick up pupils to take them to Halesworth Middle School. The collision between the green Vauxhall Astra and the cream single-decker Volvo bus happened at 8.10am on London Road in Halesworth, near the junction with Babington Drive.

The female car driver had to be freed by firefighters, who closed the road while they cut the roof off her car. The 41-year-old local woman was taken to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston suffering from shock and whiplash.

Richard Nichols, headteacher of Halesworth Middle School, said: “There was an accident but no children were involved. Another bus was sent out to pick up the children.”

The bus driver, a man in his 40s described as from the local area, was unhurt. The bus operator, Peasenhall-based Whincop, declined to comment.

SARAH BREALEY

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