Miracle Escape For 50 Passengers Including Children As Coach Bus Crashes

A group of families and their children have miraculously escaped serious injury after a coach flipped over on a motorway and ended up in a ditch. The vehicle with 53 people on board was heading to Weston-super-Mare when it crashed and overturned on the M5 between Junctions 13 and 14, near Dursley, 

Gloucestershire, this morning. The ambulance service said six people - one child and five adults - suffered minor injuries during the incident.

The Highways Agency closed the southbound carriageway of the motorway while emergency services dealt with the crash, which did not involve any other vehicles. The five injured adults were taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol and the child went to Bristol Children's Hospital for treatment.

Prospect Coaches said nobody was available for comment and said all updates would come from union The Confederation of Passenger Transport UK(CPT). A CPT spokesman said: 'It was a 57 seater Prospect Coach carrying 53 passengers, a mix of adults and children from the Action for Children group, who I believe are based in Dudley.'

The South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust described the injured as 'walking wounded'. 'We were notified at 9.58am that a coach had left the carriageway. It was the only vehicle involved in the incident,' a trust spokesman said. 'There were six casualties and all of them sustained minor injuries. They are being assessed at the scene to see if they need to be taken to hospital.'

A Gloucestershire Police spokesman said: 'We were notified shortly before 10am that a coach had left the southbound M5 motorway close to Junction 13, had overturned and landed in a ditch. 'Transport is being provided to take the passengers away from the scene.'

It is believed the passengers were on a day trip to Weston-super-Mare from the West Midlands.

Source: DailyMail UK