Lincolnshire school bus crashes with 60 pupils on board
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A school bus carrying pupils has crashed on a country road.
Sixty children from several local schools were on board the double decker when it left Meadow Lane near North Hykeham, Lincolnshire.
There were no serious injuries but a 12-year-old boy suffered a broken arm and 14-year-old girl was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Lincolnshire Police urged parents to avoid the scene and to gather at St Christopher's School in Lincoln.
It is understood the bus was taking students to two secondary schools, Sir Robert Pattison Academy and North Kesteven Academy, both in North Hykeham.
One pupil who was on the bus said it had tipped, sending everyone on one side suddenly "flying on top of the people on the other side".
"It was very scary," she said.
"We didn't know where to go, nothing was stopping us - I fell on someone else".
Ch Insp Phil Vickers said most of the pupils on board were unharmed, with a small number suffering "cuts and bruises".
He told BBC Radio Lincolnshire the cause of the crash was yet to be established but it was understood the vehicle had "gone on to a soft verge and slid against a hedgerow".
A spokesperson for Stagecoach East Midlands, which operates the service, said: "Our immediate thoughts are with the children involved and their families.
"We are giving the police our full support in helping to investigate and establish the circumstances of the incident."
A spokesman for the East Midlands Ambulance Service said they received a call at 08:28 GMT.
"We sent two paramedics in fast response cars, three LIVES community first responders and three double-crewed ambulances," he said.
He added two patients had been taken to Lincoln County Hospital by ambulance and that staff were still at the scene.
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