School kids hurt after coach overturns during horror M53 motorway smash

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A coach carrying school children has overturned in a horror crash on a busy motorway. Emergency services were called to the northbound carriageway on the M53 near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, on Friday morning.Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed there are “a number of casualties” while pictures from the scene show the stricken bus lying on its side.

The crash happened shortly before 8am after the vehicle collided with the road reservation. A spokesperson for Merseyside fire and rescue service told the Liverpool Echo : "Fire crews have been called to the scene of a road traffic collision between junctions 5 and 4 of the M53 on the northbound carriageway this morning.“Two fire engines and the Search and Rescue Team are in attendance.

Crews were alerted at 8.05am and on scene at 8.16am.“Crews arrived at the scene to find an overturned bus with a number of casualties.

North West Ambulance and Merseyside Police are also in attendance. The incident is ongoing and the carriageway will remain closed for some time."The children involved in the crash were heading to Calday Grammar and West Kirby Grammar school for girls, according to local councillor for Upton By Chester, Sherin Akhtar.She posted: "I can confirm and am aware of an accident on the M53 this morning going towards the Wirral/ Birkenhead.