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A school bus crash in County Down has been declared a major incident. The double-decker vehicle was carrying 43 children from Strangford College to Bangor when the incident occurred on Monday afternoon. The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said four of the pupils required hospital treatment. The driver was also on board at the time of the crash.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has deployed five fire appliances and a specialist team at the scene, where a collision has occurred and the bus has overturned in a field. Access to the road has been blocked and motorists have been asked to avoid the area.
Twelve-year-old Strangford College pupil, Dylan, was on the top deck of the bus with a friend when the bus crashed. “The bus driver crashed into some sort of pole and he stalled the bus,” he told BBC News. “We started going down the hill and then we just tipped sideways.” Dylan said he woke up on the floor of the bus and people were smashing the windows to get out.
Stacey, the mother of one of the pupils injured in the crash, said her son rang her “screaming” about the crash. “Everyone was screaming in the background behind him – it was deafening,” she said. Her son hurt his head and arm but was safe. Strangford College said the school remains open and an incident desk has been set up.
Writing on social media, First Minister Michelle O’Neill expressed her sympathies. DUP MP for Strangford, Jim Shannon, said: “Thoughts and prayers will be with parents and children during this uncertainty.” The South Eastern Health Trust said staff in the nearby Ulster Hospital were treating several patients involved in the crash
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