Somerset School Coach crash-collison, people trapped in it (One Child Died)

[arista]

[ A bus or a coach left the road near the
village of Wheddon Cross, Exmoor,
at about 15:00 BST on Thursday
Firefighters have been working to free
passengers trapped in the vehicle,
and crews from 11 stations have been deployed
The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance
has left the scene and landed in Bristol
Emergency services have yet to release
information on the number of casualties
or the level of injuries]



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjwnxl7ev4lt



Just reported on Ch5HDnews Live


https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/7/17/6f9e25e8-8ea7-4abd-8071-a3537416a056.jpg.webp

[Ammi]

…The Times are reporting 1 feared fatality…(…maybe the driver…?..)…but it’s a pay for site so I can only view the headline and not the details of the article…

[joeysteele]

What a horrific tragedy.
Frightening.

[Benjamin]

…The Times are reporting 1 feared fatality…(…maybe the driver…?..)…but it’s a pay for site so I can only view the headline and not the details of the article…

BBC reporting it was a child. :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjwnxl7ev4lt

[arista]

Tragic
so far, One child has Died at the scene


14:58 the ambulances got there.

[Benjamin]

Their last week at school too before they break for summer hols. :(

[arista]

The Coach overturned
went down a embankment

[Ammi]

…the children had been to a zoo for the day for an end of term visit…

[Ammi]

The Coach overturned
went down a embankment

21:52 - Tom Watling
The school coach slid 20ft down a bank after it flipped onto its roof, the press conference has been told.

An off-duty firefighter travelling behind the coach was able to start freeing passengers immediately, Gavin Ellis of Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service said.

“We were mobilised to a major incident of a coach that had overturned onto its roof and slid approximately 20ft down the embankment,” he told reporters.


…two other children with serious injuries…

[arista]

It was a 10-year-old Boy
who sadly died in the crash.

6 children are still in the hospital

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/18/14/100431439-0-image-a-1_1752846220390.jpg
[Jayden, who was a passenger on the bus
and was treated for a suspected broken collarbone,
with his mum outside Minehead Middle School]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14918803/Boy-survived-coach-crash-killed-classmate-reveals-happened.html

[Cherie]

It was a 10-year-old Boy
who sadly died in the crash.

6 children are still in the hospital

Just awful for a fun day to end in such a way

[arista]

The Coach must have been going Fast



It was twisting just before rushing down the Embankment

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/07/18/18/100437861-0-image-m-3_1752858386583.jpg

[arista]

One mother spoke on Ch4HDnews

Her Son had his seat belt on
but as the coach turned over
the glass broke inward


She said he with his dad
and seems to be ok now?

[Ammi]

…10 years old and a school visit to Exmoor Zoo with his class/year group….not a day or a time when a parent would feel any danger or harm to their child…just world shattering …:’( ….