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| Schoolchildren escape fatal crash | Schoolchildren escape fatal crash |
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| A party of Liverpool schoolchildren escaped unhurt after their coach driver had a fatal heart attack at the wheel in Germany. | A party of Liverpool schoolchildren escaped unhurt after their coach driver had a fatal heart attack at the wheel in Germany. |
| The 34 pupils and staff, from West Derby Comprehensive, had been returning from a skiing holiday in Austria when the vehicle span out of control. | The 34 pupils and staff, from West Derby Comprehensive, had been returning from a skiing holiday in Austria when the vehicle span out of control. |
| It ploughed into the central reservation of the motorway in Karlsruhe on Tuesday night. | It ploughed into the central reservation of the motorway in Karlsruhe on Tuesday night. |
| No-one else was injured and they stayed overnight in a Red Cross centre nearby. | No-one else was injured and they stayed overnight in a Red Cross centre nearby. |
| 'Terribly sad' | |
| The vehicle was on hire from Newcastle-based Keith's Coaches. | |
| It is understood the driver had worked for them for many years and was very experienced. | |
| Headteacher Margaret Rannard said all parents have been informed and a replacement coach was bringing the children home. | Headteacher Margaret Rannard said all parents have been informed and a replacement coach was bringing the children home. |
| "It is astonishing and miraculous that they were not injured. My thoughts go out to the family of the driver. | |
| "He was one of two drivers that took the students around all week and they got to know him. | |
| "It's terribly, terribly sad," she said. | |
| The pupils, aged between 14 and 18, are due back in the country on Thursday morning. |