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Two people have been rescued from the wreckage of a coach which crashed off a viaduct on a busy road near Bath. | |
The coach plunged from a viaduct on the A36 that crosses a canal and fell around 10m. | |
A spokesman for Avon fire and rescue said: "Two people have been released from the single-deck coach by firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment. Those people are now being treated by ambulance staff. | |
"There were seven other passengers on board the coach, who have also been receiving medical treatment." | |
Earlier the emergency services said that two people had been seriously injured. | |
The spokesman added: "A coach has left the road close to Limpley Stoke Bridge and fallen around 30 feet." | |
The weather was so poor that air ambulances were not able to fly. A fleet of six ambulances attended. | |
Police were appealing for witnesses to the accident, which happened at 11.30am on Wednesday at the junction of the A36 and Brassknocker Hill a few miles south of Bath. |