Bus company boss praises driver after crash (From This Is Wiltshire)

Bus company boss praises driver after crash

3:10pm Wednesday 24th June 2009 in

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School pupils from St Laurence School in Bradford on Avon had a lucky escape after the coach they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a car.

A Beeline coach was carrying three students from the school on the country road near Kingsdown Golf Club, at about 5pm on Monday evening.

The students had been travelling home in the coach following extra curricular activities.

Director of Beeline, Mark Hayball, said: “It’s seems that the car which was driving in the opposite direction had swerved into the coach for some unknown reason, possibly a puncture, we are not sure.

“However I am really proud of our driver, Angela Parker, who responded quickly when the incident happened.

“She was obviously quite shocked but she got the three students off the coach as quickly as possible to make sure they were safe.

”We run a coach service for the pupils at the school who go to extra curricular activities.”

An elderly woman driving the silver Peugeot 206 was checked over by paramedics and taken to hospital as a precaution.

Mr Hayball said both the bus driver and the students were uninjured and the coach, which was dented at the front, has been sent away for repairs.

St Laurence School deputy headteacher, Richard Clutterbuck said: “We were of course very relieved to hear that our students were not hurt.

“The school has also been kept fully informed by the bus company over what was a very unusual incident.”