• Lanark Grammar Pupils harmed
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[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8596164.stm[/url] James Cook reports from the scene of the crash in South Lanarkshire A 17-year-old girl died when a coach taking school pupils on a trip to a theme park crashed in South Lanarkshire, police have said. The coach overturned in "horrendous" weather conditions on a bridge on the A73 at Wiston, south-west of Biggar, shortly before 0600 BST. The sixth year pupil was thrown from the bus and trapped under it. Thirty-nine Lanark Grammar School pupils and five members of staff were going to Alton Towers in Staffordshire. Three other people were seriously injured in the crash and a further eight were described as "walking wounded". The teenage girl and one other person with leg and chest injuries were airlifted to the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow and two were taken to Wishaw General Hospital. A Royal Navy helicopter airlifted the injured to hospital A spokesman from RAF Kinloss said they scrambled the Royal Navy Sea King from Prestwick just before 0610 BST. Those with minor injuries were treated at the scene by Strathclyde Fire and Rescue and the ambulance service. A police spokesman said weather conditions in the area were "horrendous". The accident happened as the bus approached a left-hand bend. 'Arduous scene' It lost control and fell 10ft into the river, crashing through the bridge wall. Fire and rescue service were forced to rescue the passengers through the coach's sun roof. The driver was trapped inside the bus and had to be stretchered out by emergency workers. Our thoughts are very much with the parents and relatives and staff members caught up in this incident First Minister Alex Salmond Supt Iain Murray, head of road policing for Strathclyde Police, said: "Our hearts and our thoughts go to the families and those who have been seriously injured." Mr Murray said the exact cause of the accident was still under investigation, but given the weather conditions in the area, snow "had a part to play". He said a structural assessment of the bridge was being carried out. Strathclyde Fire and Rescue's assistant chief officer Jim Doyle said his crew arrived to a "very arduous scene". NHS Lanarkshire said a total of 44 people had received hospital treatment following the crash. By lunchtime, 25 had been allowed to go home while 19 remained in various hospitals around Lanarkshire and Glasgow. The coach fell through the bridge into the river below A spokeswoman for the health board said all the patients were in a stable condition. The 17-year-old girl was identified by a teacher and her parents are understood to have been told. Eyewitness Bill Ward, of Wiston, said the coach had ended up on its side in a burn. "The conditions here are absolutely atrocious and the roads are very, very slippy," he said. Local resident Mark Attwood was woken by the sound of the crash and helped look after some of the pupils involved. He said: "There was a knock at the door and a gentleman said could we take a couple of school kids in because there had been accident. "They were visibly shaken and tearful, and very emotional and upset. Later they were all moved to the village hall." He added: "It happened so close to my house and my own children use that route. I'm very shaken up." 'Horrific circumstances' Strathclyde Police asked parents of the pupils involved in the crash to go to Lanark Grammar School for further help, not the scene of the accident. Pupils at the school have been sent home for the day. Susan Thornton's son Adam was supposed to be on the trip but she told BBC Scotland she stopped him going because of the weather. "I just said the roads were too treacherous, that they shouldn't make the journey, " she said. "He said to me he woke up at four anyway because he was desperate to go. He wanted to be with his friends and have a nice time but he said at four he knew he couldn't go." Strathclyde Police asked parents to go to Lanark Grammar School She added: "I am very relieved but I'm also very upset for all the people that are involved." First Minister Alex Salmond said the crash was "almost certainly weather-related". He added: "Our thoughts are very much with the parents and relatives and staff members caught up in this incident. The local MP Jim Hood described the accident as "shocking and terrible". He said: "My thoughts and prayers are with the staff and pupils involved and their families. What was supposed to be an enjoyable trip to Alton Towers has ended in horrific circumstances." Mr Hood praised the emergency services staff who responded to the accident in difficult weather conditions. Prime Minister Gordon Brown also said his thoughts were with those involved in the crash.
[QUOTE=Killerkyogre;21073539][url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8596164.stm[/url][/QUOTE] I guess you could say... you put no effort in this thread. [img]http://www.problogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mojo.jpg[/img] [B]Edited:[/B] Oh, he added more than just the link to the article. :downsbravo:
[QUOTE=mercurius;21075363]I guess you could say... you put no effort in this thread.[/QUOTE] There is a link to the post.
[QUOTE=Killerkyogre;21076130]There is a link to the post.[/QUOTE] Because copy pasting is effort? :geno:
[QUOTE=Profanwolf;21076139]Because copy pasting is effort? :geno:[/QUOTE] I only just added that because he said no effort. There is a link there for a reason. I don't want to type it out word by word.
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