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LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)
Sun Oct 4, 2015, 07:04 AM Oct 2015

Coventry bus crash: Two dead after double decker hits supermarket.

An eight-year-old boy and a woman thought to be in her 70s have died after a double-decker bus crashed into a supermarket in Coventry city centre, West Midlands Police have said.

The boy, a passenger on the top deck of the bus, and the woman, a pedestrian, both died at the scene.

A nine-year-old girl is also seriously ill in hospital, while six others, including the bus driver, were hurt....

Police have not commented on what caused the crash, which happened in Trinity Street at about 18:00 BST on Saturday...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34436360

Very sad.

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Coventry bus crash: Two dead after double decker hits supermarket. (Original Post) LeftishBrit Oct 2015 OP
... shenmue Oct 2015 #1
I saw this earlier.... BooScout Oct 2015 #2

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
2. I saw this earlier....
Sun Oct 4, 2015, 12:15 PM
Oct 2015

How on earth did that bus wreck like that? I wonder if the driver had something wrong with him?

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