Coach crashes down ditch on M5 in Gloucestershire

[yorkie]

Coach crashes down ditch on M5 in Gloucestershire

A coach carrying 53 adults and children from the West Midlands on a day-trip to the seaside has overturned in a ditch off the M5 in Gloucestershire.


The crash happened just before 10:00 BST close to junction 13 for Stroud.
The Highways Agency said it was "a serious incident", but with walking injured.

Five adults and one child were injured, a South West Ambulance Service spokesman said. All of them were said to have minor injuries.

The coach was operated by Stourbridge-based Prospect Coaches and was taking the group to Weston-super-Mare.

The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), which represents operators of UK buses, said it understood it was one of four coaches making the same journey....

Must have been a scary incident for those involved, lucky there appear to be no serious injuries.

Anyone here familiar with that stretch of road?

 

[455driver]

A lucky escape there, they nearly ended up in Weston Super Mud!

 

[DaveHarries]

I know that stretch of road fairly well as I use it quite a bit when working. I drove past the scene today while I was on my way to drop a vehicle off in the Birmingham area. I drove past there before they got the coach righted.

I don't know if the adult injured was the driver or one of the adults who was sitting with the children: I heard it reported on the news that the driver of the coach suffered a back injury but, again, nothing major. I wish all those injured a speedy recovery.

Just slightly further up, on the northbound side but on the same stretch was a Ford car that was on fire. I hope that the vehicle in question didn't belong to any member of this forum.

Dave