Two young children remain in hospital a week after being hit by a bus outside a Welsh primary school. The incident happened at the end of the school day last Monday, May 23, on a lane outside the primary school in the village of Llanfair Caereinion, about eight miles west of Welshpool.
The crash led to a huge response from the emergency services, including officers from Dyfed-Powys Police, paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Service and crews from Wales Air Ambulance. You can get the latest WalesOnline newsletters emailed to you directly for free by signing up here.
There were no passengers on the school bus at the time of the crash, but five children in total were injured along with the adult male driver of the bus. One child was treated at the scene and did not need further treatment, but three of the children were airlifted in Wales Air Ambulance helicopters to hospital, while a fourth child and the driver were taken to hospital by road ambulance. Police described their condition last week as “stable”.
