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21/01/2014
Coach Carrying 53 School Children Involved In Crash
A coach carrying 53 children has been involved in a crash on the A48 in Newport, south Wales.
According to police the coach collided with a lorry at the Tredeger park at around 11:45am as the school children returned to Pentrepoeth primary school.
All pupils were taken to hospital, but it is understood that no-one was injured and it was done as a precaution.
The crash has been described as an "almost stationary incident".
(MH/CD)
According to police the coach collided with a lorry at the Tredeger park at around 11:45am as the school children returned to Pentrepoeth primary school.
All pupils were taken to hospital, but it is understood that no-one was injured and it was done as a precaution.
The crash has been described as an "almost stationary incident".
(MH/CD)
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