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| Essex bus collides with lorry carrying steam engine | Essex bus collides with lorry carrying steam engine |
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| Eighteen people have been injured, one critically, after a bus collided with a lorry carrying a static steam engine. | Eighteen people have been injured, one critically, after a bus collided with a lorry carrying a static steam engine. |
| The driver of the bus, which was carrying 32 people, was airlifted to the Royal London hospital in a life-threatening condition after the collision on Mersea Island, near Colchester, Essex police said. | The driver of the bus, which was carrying 32 people, was airlifted to the Royal London hospital in a life-threatening condition after the collision on Mersea Island, near Colchester, Essex police said. |
| Fifteen others have been taken to hospital following the crash in East Road at 9.50am on Wednesday. | Fifteen others have been taken to hospital following the crash in East Road at 9.50am on Wednesday. |
| A police spokesman said: “A collision has occurred between a bus and a white low-loader lorry which was carrying a black static steam engine. | A police spokesman said: “A collision has occurred between a bus and a white low-loader lorry which was carrying a black static steam engine. |
| “The driver of the bus had to be released by the fire service and has been airlifted to the Royal London hospital with life threatening injuries.” | “The driver of the bus had to be released by the fire service and has been airlifted to the Royal London hospital with life threatening injuries.” |
| A 51-year-old man from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. | |
| The lorry is believed to have travelled to the area from Great Yarmouth, police said. | The lorry is believed to have travelled to the area from Great Yarmouth, police said. |