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| A coach which careered down an embankment killing a 26-year-old Polish man and injuring 71 people has now been removed from the crash site. | |
| The coach collided with two cars, crashed through a wall and ended up in a garden near the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire on Monday. | |
| The bus, from a Peterborough company, had been carrying farm migrant workers on a day trip. | The bus, from a Peterborough company, had been carrying farm migrant workers on a day trip. |
| The road reopened at 0630 BST. Two people remain in a critical condition. | |
| Investigators used specialist cranes to remove the shell of the coach from the scene in Station Road, Alton, on Tuesday. | Investigators used specialist cranes to remove the shell of the coach from the scene in Station Road, Alton, on Tuesday. |
| Life-threatening | Life-threatening |
| Tests are being carried out on it at a police garage to try to find out how the crash happened. | Tests are being carried out on it at a police garage to try to find out how the crash happened. |
| The passengers, who were fruit pickers based at Lutton Farm in Oundle, Northamptonshire, included 28 people from Poland and 17 from Lithuania. | The passengers, who were fruit pickers based at Lutton Farm in Oundle, Northamptonshire, included 28 people from Poland and 17 from Lithuania. |
| A total of seven people are still in hospital. | A total of seven people are still in hospital. |
| Police said the 63-year-old driver, from the Peterborough area, is in a critical but not life-threatening condition in intensive care at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire after suffering "serious leg injuries".No-one was inside either of the cars that the coach hit | |
| Officers said he provided a negative breath test. | Officers said he provided a negative breath test. |
| A 21-year-old woman from Poland was in a critical life-threatening condition at the same hospital, Staffordshire Police said. | A 21-year-old woman from Poland was in a critical life-threatening condition at the same hospital, Staffordshire Police said. |
| Five others - two people from Poland, one from Latvia and two from Lithuania - remain in stable conditions and are being treated at various hospitals across the West Midlands. | Five others - two people from Poland, one from Latvia and two from Lithuania - remain in stable conditions and are being treated at various hospitals across the West Midlands. |
| There were passengers from Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and a man from South Africa on the coach. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones, and also with those others who have been seriously injured The Long family, Lutton Farm | There were passengers from Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and a man from South Africa on the coach. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones, and also with those others who have been seriously injured The Long family, Lutton Farm |
| Local residents in Alton started laying flowers at the scene of the crash on Wednesday morning. | |
| Ambulance chiefs said each of the 71 passengers on board who survived the crash were treated for some sort of injury. | Ambulance chiefs said each of the 71 passengers on board who survived the crash were treated for some sort of injury. |
| No-one was inside either of the stationary cars which the bus hit. | |
| A statement released by the Long family, who own the farm where the workers had been based, paid tribute to the man who died. | A statement released by the Long family, who own the farm where the workers had been based, paid tribute to the man who died. |
| It said: "The Long family knows many of those injured personally, and the young man who was sadly killed had worked on our farm for the last three summers. | It said: "The Long family knows many of those injured personally, and the young man who was sadly killed had worked on our farm for the last three summers. |
| "Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones, and also with those others who have been seriously injured." | "Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones, and also with those others who have been seriously injured." |
| The crash has caused villagers to repeat calls for a bypass to take away theme park traffic away from Alton. | The crash has caused villagers to repeat calls for a bypass to take away theme park traffic away from Alton. |
| A public meeting had been scheduled between residents and the park for next year, but campaigners have been calling for it to be brought forward. | A public meeting had been scheduled between residents and the park for next year, but campaigners have been calling for it to be brought forward. |
| Speaking on Tuesday, Russell Barnes, the park's regional director, said he was "disappointed" the issue had been raised. | Speaking on Tuesday, Russell Barnes, the park's regional director, said he was "disappointed" the issue had been raised. |
| The vehicle involved in the crash was owned by Decker Bus, based in Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. | The vehicle involved in the crash was owned by Decker Bus, based in Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. |