23/09/2013

School Bus Driver Arrested After Crash

A 47-year-old bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving following a bus crash this morning which injured around 20 people.

A school bus collided with a lorry on the A685 at Lowgill, Kendal at around 8.25am this morning (Monday).

The lorry driver and three other adults are understood to have suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. A number of children were hurt in the crash but none seriously.

Police arrested the driver of the bus on suspicion of dangerous driving.

Accident investigators are at the scene of the collision and the road is expected to remain closed throughout the day.

(MH/JP)

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