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| Two killed in school bus accident | Two killed in school bus accident |
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| A woman in her 70s and her daughter, believed to be in her 50s, have died after being hit by a bus carrying schoolchildren in Cheshire. | |
| The two women were thought to have been crossing Mobberley Road in Knutsford in company with another family member, a man in his 50s who was uninjured. | |
| The single decker bus was carrying about 12 passengers though none of them were hurt in the accident, police said. | |
| The road has been closed while police investigate. Diversions are set up. | The road has been closed while police investigate. Diversions are set up. |
| The bus, which was the 288 Arriva service between Altrincham and Knutsford, did not leave the road and the investigation will look at how it came to hit the women. | |
| Pupils 'distressed' | |
| Derek Bowes, spokesman for Arriva North West and Wales, extended his deepest sympathies to the family. | |
| "We are working closely with the police and relevant authorities to try and establish the cause of this tragic incident," he said. | |
| Although the bus was not a dedicated school service it contained a number of pupils. | |
| Sgt Ian Holley, of Cheshire Constabulary, said: "Everybody is quite distressed to witness something of this nature. | |
| "We have linked up with Knutsford High School and they are putting their critical incident management plan into action." | |
| Popular residents | |
| The bus passengers were taken by other means to school after the collision, which happened about 0845 GMT, near a petrol station. | |
| Officers finished looking at the bus at about 1200 GMT and it has been towed away for further examinations, though the road remains closed. | |
| Police have not named the victims of the crash but they are well known locally, where residents have described their shock at the accident. | |
| One man told the BBC: "It's somebody you see every day walking past, acknowledging you and saying, 'Hello. How are you? How's your brother, how's your mum and dad?' | |
| "There's not enough people like that these days is there?" |