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| Migrant workers injured in crash | Migrant workers injured in crash |
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| Fifteen foreign workers have been injured in a road accident in Cornwall. | Fifteen foreign workers have been injured in a road accident in Cornwall. |
| The accident happened on the A374 near Torpoint when the vehicle left the road. It was left suspended in trees above a waterway. | |
| Three people suffered serious injuries, two had lesser injuries and 10 were slightly injured, police said. Three were cut from the bus by fire crews. | Three people suffered serious injuries, two had lesser injuries and 10 were slightly injured, police said. Three were cut from the bus by fire crews. |
| They were all taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. One was airlifted to hospital by air ambulance. | They were all taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. One was airlifted to hospital by air ambulance. |
| 'Precarious position' | |
| The migrant workers, who are believed to be living in Cornwall, were on their way to pick daffodils. | |
| They were heading towards Torpoint at about 0730 GMT on Monday when the vehicle left the road on a tight bend just outside the village of Sheviock. | |
| It plunged down a bank and came to rest in the branches of a tree above a tidal waterway. | |
| Insp Martin Taylor, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "The vehicle is in a precarious position. It is secured with ropes and, when we come to recover it, it will present some challenges." | |
| The vehicle was fitted with seatbelts. It is not clear how many of the passengers were wearing them. | |
| A special casualty reception centre was set up at Derriford Hospital. | |
| The road is expected to remain closed for much of Monday, and diversions are in place while investigating officers are at the scene. |