Tributes to boy, 10, who died in Minehead school coach crash

Flowers have been left outside a school attended by a 10-year-old boy who died in a coach crash in Somerset on the way home from a trip to the zoo.

- Jamie Grierson Steven Morris

Twenty-one passengers were taken to hospital, some with serious injuries, when the coach flipped onto its roof and plunged 20ft down an embankment in Exmoor on Thursday afternoon on its way back to Minehead middle school. Yesterday afternoon, police confirmed the child who died was a 10-year-old boy, while four children and three adults remained in hospital in Somerset.

Two children who were taken to Bristol Royal hospital for children by air ambulance also remained in hospital. The coach was the only vehicle involved, police added.

The driver of the coach, which was carrying 60 to 70 people, was in hospital with injuries but in a stable condition, while school routes run by the coach company were suspended. It is understood the children were divided between two coaches, with the first to leave the zoo making it back safely.

Six schools, including Minehead middle school, which are all part of Beacon Education multi-academy trust, were closed yesterday as the community dealt with the aftermath of the crash. It occurred between Wheddon Cross and Timberscombe.