{"id":26448,"date":"2023-10-02T21:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26448"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:55:46","slug":"schoolgirl-15-killed-along-with-bus-driver-in-horror-m53-coach-crash-is-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/world-news\/schoolgirl-15-killed-along-with-bus-driver-in-horror-m53-coach-crash-is-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoolgirl, 15, killed along with bus driver in horror M53 coach crash is named"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    The 15-year-old schoolgirl who died in a horror crash on the M53 earlier today along with a coach driver has been named by police.<\/p>\n

    The school coach overturned on an embankment on M53 motorway near Cheshire just after 8.30am this morning (September 29), with air ambulances scrambling to the scene, and a "number of casualties" confirmed.<\/p>\n

    The North West Ambulance Service also confirmed that a woman had been taken to hospital in "serious condition" with "50 other patients" being treated at the scene.<\/p>\n

    READ MORE: Driver and schoolgirl, 14, die in horror coach crash on M53 motorway<\/b><\/p>\n

    And now, the school girl involved in the smash has been named as Jessica Baker. The driver of the coach is yet to be named.<\/p>\n

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    A police statement said: \u201cJessica Baker sadly died as a result of the collision on the M53 northbound carriageway earlier today.<\/p>\n

    \u201cJessica\u2019s family have requested that their privacy is respected at this time and any updates from them will be issued via Merseyside Police news office as appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Both Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Wirral University Teaching Hospitals declared "major incidents" after the accident. <\/p>\n

    The former stated that the Emergency Department was "currently extremely busy" around two hours after the incident. <\/p>\n

    Eight of the affected children were taken to the Countess of Chester hospital and Arrowe Park hospital, with some going to Alder Hey Hospital, too. <\/p>\n

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    It was later confirmed that 39 of the 54 involved were discharged a few hours later, with school officials now supporting those impacted by the crash.<\/p>\n

    An investigation into what happened is now underway, and Merseyside Police said earlier: "We understand there were 54 people [on the bus] including the driver, sadly I can confirm the driver and a 15-year-old schoolgirl have died. <\/p>\n

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