School Minibus Accident – 2 Children Serious

The minibus blog is horrified to hear how two children were seriously ill in hospital after a minibus swerved off the road and crashed into the youngsters as they were leaving school.

 

Teenager guilty of crashing stolen minibus

The minibus blog has learned that a 16-year-old boy, who has been found guilty of driving a mini-bus that was stolen and later crashed, has been given a two-month sentence, by a Children’s Court.

 

Hartlepool ‘Dial a Ride death’ avoidable

A council and two taxi firm operators have been fined more than £15,000 over the death of a man whose electric buggy fell from the back of a minibus.

James Hunt, 85, was fatally injured when the lift on Hartlepool Council’s dial-a-ride bus malfunctioned.

 

Minibus hit by fallen branch in rain and floods

A group of schoolchildren from Manchester had a lucky escape when a tree branch crashed down on their minibus as it waited at traffic lights.

The bus, from the local Piper Hill School carrying disabled youngsters, was on Wythenshawe Road, when a 15-foot branch sfell from a large oak tree and tore into the roof of the vehicle.

Police said none of the children were hurt but most were left suffering from shock.
 

 

4 injured in Minibus Crash

Four people have been taken to hospital following a collision involving a taxi and a car in Lancashire.

The incident happened at the junction of Garstang Road and Aqueduct Street in Preston just after midnight on Friday.The driver and passenger of the taxi and two occupants in a Ford Sierra were taken to hospital.

Their injuries are not thought to be serious.

 

Appeal for Witnesses after Girl Knocked Down

A Teenage girl sustained serious injuries after being knocked down on Friday afternoon in Strabane.The 16 year old was taken to hospital after an incident involving a minibus at the Urney road bypass junction. The teenager sustained injuries to her spleen.

Police did speak with a number of witnesses at the scene but they want to hear from anyone who saw what happened and have not spoken with them.

The number to call is 0845 600 8000

 

Minibus Crash

Firefighters were called to a house in Milton Keynes on Friday afternoon after a minibus crashed through a wall.

It happened off Wickstead Avenue, Grange Farm.

A Fire crew from Great Holm Fire Station was called around 4.30pm to isolate the gas and electricity supplies and set up a cordon.

Firefighters made the vehicle safe and handed the incident over to building control staff from Milton Keynes Council.

No one was thought to be injured.

 

LDV Minibus Accident

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a minibus collided with a car near the National Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh. A white LDV minibus, which was travelling towards Stoneleigh, turned right into Stareton Lane across the path of a red Ford Focus which was travelling towards Leamington. The driver of the minibus, a 51-year-old man from Stratford, was not injured in the accident shortly after 6pm on Friday. There were no passengers on the minibus. The driver of the Focus, a 47-year-old woman from Radford Semele, and a male front seat passenger suffered whiplash injuries.

 

14 Dead in South African Minibus Accident

Fourteen people including school children have been killed in a pile-up involving a minibus taxi and four other cars in East London, in South Africa’s Eastern Province. The accident happened last Thursday.

“At this stage we have nine school children and five adults certified dead on the scene,” police Captain Steven Maree said from the scene.

“Two other children and an adult were taken to hospital in a critical stage.”

Police earlier said that 17 people had died in the crash.

Maree said the children, who are attending local primary school were travelling back home from a school tour in the area when the accident happened at around 7:00 pm (1800 GMT).

Maree said the minibus taxi collided head-on with an on-coming truck between Butterworth and East London and three more cars got involved.

“We are not going to speculate how it happened. It is still not clear how it happened and who was at fault,” Maree added.

“We are not even sure if the five adults were the teachers or the driver of the other cars. We will know after the scene has been cleared and the victims identified.”

He said even the death toll could change as some of the victims had been torn apart and might have been counted twice, while others are suspected to be buried under the rubble.

The darkness of the night was also making it difficult for emergency people to work, said Maree.