Three students were seriously injured yesterday morning when the school bus they were travelling on swerved off the road and crashed. The accident took place at 8 am on Hill Road in Newtown.
The bus driver was driving along Hill Road when a car came around the corner on the wrong side of the road. He swerved to avoid crashing into it and drove into a smell wall. Mr Grey, the car driver, said that he was not speeding, but witnesses disagree. One witness said, "He was driving too fast. The bus driver acted quickly."
The police arrested the car drive. The injured students are recovering in South Shore Hospital.