Boy, 9, suffers life-threatening injuries after falling from moving coach

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A nine-year-old boy has suffered life-threatening injuries after falling from a moving coach, police said.

Officers in Norfolk said no one else was injured in the incident on the A47 trunk road near King's Lynn just before 4pm on Sunday.

A police spokesman said: "The boy has been taken to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in King's Lynn with life-threatening injuries. A number of other people were on board the coach at the time and no other passengers were injured."

The road was expected to remain closed for some time and local diversions have been put in place.

A total of 20 children and 10 adults were on board the 71-seater coach at the time.

The children were said to be members of Stamford rugby club in Lincolnshire and were travelling home after playing in a tournament at Cromer in north Norfolk.

Superintendent Dave Marshall said: "This is a serious incident which has left a nine-year-old boy fighting for his life.

"The circumstances of how the boy came to fall from the coach will form part of our investigation and it would be inappropriate to speculate further at this stage.

"The boy's parents, who were travelling with the teams, are being supported by specially trained officers."