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Sam Elliott-Gibbs & Lewis Moynihan

Somerset bus crash: Double decker bus overturns with passengers injured in major incident

A double decker bus has overturned with several passengers left injured. A major incident has been declared after the vehicle, which was reportedly carrying 70 staff from Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, crashed.

Emergency services raced to the incident on the A39 Quantock Road, near Bridgwater, Somerset, this morning, with people reportedly still trapped inside the turn over bus, reports the Mirror. A "significant number" of police, fire and ambulance crews - including the air ambulance - are at the scene.

Mercy crews are attempting to release those still trapped on the bus and treating the injured workers already rescued. It is believed that the bus swerved to avoid a motorbike.

A double-decker bus overturned in a crash in Somerset today. (Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)
It is believed around 70 members of staff from Hinkley Point nuclear power plant were on board at the time. (Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

A witness told the Enquirer: “The bus had to have swerved to avoid a motorbike. The air ambulance is on site and medics have set up a triage scene at the site.”

No casualties have been confirmed as of yet but people are still being rescued from the toppled bus. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the bus "rolled over".

Police locked down the A39 Quantock Road in Bridgwater. (Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

Avon and Somerset Police said in a statement: "We were called at around 6am today to the A39 Quantock Road following a road-related incident involving a double-decker bus and a motorcyclist.

"Closures are in place at the junction of Sandford Hill and Quantock Road. A significant number of police, fire and ambulance units are on the scene and a major incident has been declared."

A Hinkley Point C spokesperson said: "A bus carrying members of the Hinkley Point C workforce has been involved in a traffic incident on the A39 in Bridgwater. Emergency services are on the scene and travel to and from the site has been suspended."

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