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Several injured after crash involving bus carrying schoolchildren

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Several people have been injured after a bus carrying schoolchildren collided with a lorry in Leicestershire.

At least 16 people sustained ‘minor’ injuries in the crash on the A46 near Syston, Leicestershire Police said.

Ten of those were taken to hospital as a precaution, the force added.

The road was closed travelling northbound between A607 near Cossington and the B676 following the crash. It has since reopened, according to National Highways.

A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: “Police received a report at 9.30am today (Wednesday 13 November) of a collision involving a bus, containing a number of schoolchildren, and an HGV on the A46 northbound carriageway near to Syston.

“16 passengers sustained minor injuries and 10 of those were taken to hospital as a precaution.”

The spokesperson added: “Emergency services responded at the time and local road closures were put in place. The road has since been reopened.”

A spokesperson for East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) said they sent two ambulance cars, seven crewed ambulances, a doctor and a responder from the air ambulance.

“We transported ten patients to hospital and treated several passengers for minor injuries,” the spokesperson said.

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