10 as nine in hospital after somerset coach crash, boy died

Clara Bullock, Cheryl Dennis and Dan Johnson

BBC News, Summerset

Getty images are laying flowers on the ground next to a boy wearing a boy and black shorts next to other bouquets. They are from a school fence.

The head teacher of a school says that he finds a “complete destruction”, when one of his disciples were killed in a coach accident.

A 10 -year -old boy died after a coach, who used to return to the Minhed Middle School after a visit to Examur Zoo at Summerset on Thursday.

Six other children live in the hospital – two at Bristol Children Hospital and four at Summerset. Police say that three adults are also being treated in the Samarset.

The school’s head teacher Laura Mackie said that the loss was “unimaginable”, which adding: “[I’m] Thinking about the student we lost, their family, their friends, all their loved ones. ,

Avon and Summerset Police declared after a major incident Single-vehicle conflict in Katkambay Hill near Whaddon Cross At around 15:00 BST on Thursday.

The coach slipped on its roof and slipped a bank.

Local mother-two Liana O’Coner said: “I think as a community weeps as a mummy, every other mummy cries.”

Khan Town Council expressed its condolences

PA Media reads a card on a bouquet of flowers: our hearts are with students, families and employees during this hearing time. With all of us in the Minhead Town Council, we share your grief. — Khan Town Council expressed its condolences

The coach was carrying around 70 people, many of them were minhed middle school students. In total, 21 passengers were rushed to the hospital.

Avon and Somerset police said that the cause of the accident would be investigated and urged the witnesses to come forward.

The police spokesman said, “The investigation of the vehicle recovery and the collision is complex, and we hope that the road will remain closed for a long time.”

Crane is being used to fix the overturned coach.

Flowers have been placed on the gates of the Minhead Middle School

Getty image is holding a woman with her mouth because she is taking flowers towards school. She is wearing a pink striped shirt and looks upset. — Flowers have been placed on the gates of the Minhead Middle School

One father said that his 10 -year -old daughter was on a school visit, but traveled to a separate coach.

“I was able to take [my daughter] Nothing was known from school and until we went home, “he said.

“It’s not just incredible isn’t it?

,[I’m] The bus was completely destroyed for families and people who crashed. ,

The head teacher of the mine middle school added to the pile of flowers by the school

A woman is kneeling with some flowers under a hedge. He is all wearing black. — The head teacher of the mine middle school added to the pile of flowers by the school

The school’s headtekar Laura Mackie placed flowers and said that she was feeling “complete devastation and heartbreak”.

,[I’m] Thinking of my staff team that are amazing, dedicated and all our amazing students who have been influenced by this terrible, terrible event. This is just frightening, “he said.

Rachel Gilmer MP has said that she is working to get counseling for children

PA Media Rachel Gilmer is wearing a black and white dress. She stands from school gates who are covered in flowers and toys. She is putting a note at the gate. — Rachel Gilmer MP has said that she is working to get counseling for children

Rachel Gilmar, MPs of Timarton and Minhead, said that she was working with the Summerset Council to search for money from the central government for medical treatment for the affected children.

Ms. Gilmar said that she was “completely distraught” after an accident in her constituency.

He said: “Becomes an MP and strangely, we don’t think about such a thing, we think about NHS and take care of our farmers and such things.

“And then it is the one who is about a community MP. I am just to see the head teacher, I am a big hugger, so I am hugging a lot today.”

A spokesperson of the Examur Zoo said that they cannot “believe that luck is very cruel to such a beautiful, vibrant, children’s behavior”.

He said, “All our views, blessings and prayers include all of them go out for, we cannot understand what their parents, their parents, teachers and emergency crew are now doing,” he said.