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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver and agency

Girl who died in Wirral school bus crash was wearing seatbelt, inquest hears

Jessica Baker with plaits and woolly hat
Jessica Baker, 15, was described as a ‘warm-hearted, wonderful daughter, granddaughter and niece, devoted sister and loyal friend’. Photograph: Merseyside police/PA

A teenage girl who died when her school bus crashed on a motorway was one of the few people onboard wearing a seatbelt, an inquest has heard.

Jessica Baker, 15, was dressed for a morning PE class at West Kirby grammar school in Wirral, Merseyside, when the coach crashed on the northbound M53 just after 8am on 29 September last year.

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