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Child dies and 19 hurt after coach on school trip crashes
The Independent
|July 18, 2025
A child has died after a school coach carrying children and staff home from an end of term trip flipped onto its roof and slid down a 20ft bank in Somerset.
The 70-seater vehicle was taking pupils back to Minehead Middle School after a day trip when the incident happened on the A396 at Cutcombe Hill yesterday afternoon.
One child died at the scene while two more were airlifted to hospital, Avon and Somerset Police said. A further 19 people were also taken to hospital.
Chief Superintendent Mark Edgington said: “The coach was carrying a number of adults and children to Minehead Middle school when it overturned. We can confirm tonight that one child has sadly died.
“The formal identification process will need to be carried out but our thoughts and sympathies are with their family, who we are contact with.”
This story is from the July 18, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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