15/10/2012

Bus Carrying 56 Students Crashes In Dorset

A college bus carrying more than 50 students has crashed and rolled into a field in Dorset.

The double-decker was travelling from Kinson in Bournemouth when it crashed on the A350, near Poole at 08:15 on Monday morning.

Of the 56 pupils on board, who are all aged between 16 and 18, five were taken to hospital, as well as the driver, a Dorset Police spokesman said.

The bus, registered to First Bus, was heading for Kingston Maurward College in Dorchester.

Students who were not injured were taken to Gravel Hill police station in Poole, a spokeswoman from the college said.

(H/GK)


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