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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Athena Stavrou

Three ‘high priority’ patients in hospital after bus carrying students crashes into river

  • Three “high-priority” patients have been rushed to hospital after a double decker bus carrying school students crashed into a river in a town near Southampton.
  • Emergency services rushed to the scene on Thursday morning after a bus carrying students from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College in Hampshire came off the road.
  • The Bluestar bus ended up in the River Itchen at Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh at 10:07am. Three people have been taken to hospital and 14 others were treated at the scene.
  • A South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said two helicopters and five ambulances were deployed to the scene, where patients were still being assessed, while Bluestar said the driver and two passengers were injured.

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Eastleigh bus crash live: Multiple school students injured after double-decker crashes into River Itchen

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