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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Pat Hurst

Driver seen ‘slumped’ on CCTV before fatal school bus crash, inquest hears

PA

A schoolgirl died after she was partially ejected from her school bus which landed on her after the driver suffered an “event” at the wheel and the vehicle overturned on the motorway, a coroner’s court heard.

Jessica Baker, 15, suffered “instantaneous” death from “catastrophic” injuries in the school-run coach crash on the northbound M53 near junction five at Hooton on the Wirral last Friday, September 29.

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