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East Mersea bus and lorry crash injures 32 people East Mersea bus and lorry crash injures 18
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Thirty-two people have been injured, four seriously, in a crash involving a bus and a low-loader lorry carrying a steam engine. Eighteen people have been hurt, five seriously, after a bus crashed with a lorry carrying a steam engine.
The bus driver was freed by firefighters and airlifted to Royal London Hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
A man is being held on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The crash happened on East Road, East Mersea, Essex, just before 09:50 BST.The crash happened on East Road, East Mersea, Essex, just before 09:50 BST.
The bus driver was freed by firefighters and airlifted to Royal London Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Four passengers have been taken to Colchester General.
A man, 51, from Great Yarmouth, is being held on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The road is likely to remain closed for most of the day, Essex Police said.
The force said a large proportion of the 32 passengers were either uninjured or walking wounded.
Officers believe the lorry travelled from Lowestoft, Suffolk, on Wednesday morning, and have appealed for information.