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| M25 coach crash: Three remain in hospital after dozens hurt | M25 coach crash: Three remain in hospital after dozens hurt |
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| At least three people who were injured when the coach they were in overturned on the M25 motorway remain in hospital. | At least three people who were injured when the coach they were in overturned on the M25 motorway remain in hospital. |
| Dozens of people were hurt - including seven children - when the vehicle came off the motorway near junction three at Swanley, Kent on Monday at 16:00 BST. | Dozens of people were hurt - including seven children - when the vehicle came off the motorway near junction three at Swanley, Kent on Monday at 16:00 BST. |
| The carriageway was shut after the crash and a major incident was declared at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington (PRUH). | |
| Amid the chaos, police said a baby boy had been born in the queuing traffic. | Amid the chaos, police said a baby boy had been born in the queuing traffic. |
| South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) said in a tweet it had taken a total of 49 people to various hospitals in the area. | South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) said in a tweet it had taken a total of 49 people to various hospitals in the area. |
| Kent Police said there had been no arrests but the cause of the crash was under investigation. | Kent Police said there had been no arrests but the cause of the crash was under investigation. |
| One passenger said he was thrown out of a window and crawled through bushes to the roadside where passers-by came to help him. | One passenger said he was thrown out of a window and crawled through bushes to the roadside where passers-by came to help him. |
| The 66-year-old spoke of "chaos inside the vehicle where people had fallen on top of one another". | The 66-year-old spoke of "chaos inside the vehicle where people had fallen on top of one another". |
| "There were many elderly passengers and disabled people on board and it's really nothing short of a miracle that there were no serious casualties," he said. | "There were many elderly passengers and disabled people on board and it's really nothing short of a miracle that there were no serious casualties," he said. |
| Kent Fire and Rescue Service crews had to use cutting gear to free two people trapped in the wreckage. | Kent Fire and Rescue Service crews had to use cutting gear to free two people trapped in the wreckage. |
| All lanes of the M25 plus the slip road at junction three have now reopened, Highways England said. | All lanes of the M25 plus the slip road at junction three have now reopened, Highways England said. |
| Later in the evening Kent Police tweeted that there were no serious injuries and that "just to make things interesting" a baby boy was born at the scene. | |
| Eyewitness Mitchell Melvin helped rescue some of those on board. | Eyewitness Mitchell Melvin helped rescue some of those on board. |
| "We quickly jumped up, smashed a back window, was pulling people off the back, realised that some people were stuck underneath where they've come out of the side of the coach, so we went down the side and started taking people out from the side as well", he said. | "We quickly jumped up, smashed a back window, was pulling people off the back, realised that some people were stuck underneath where they've come out of the side of the coach, so we went down the side and started taking people out from the side as well", he said. |
| Coach operator Greens of London has not yet responded to requests for a comment. | Coach operator Greens of London has not yet responded to requests for a comment. |