18 Injured, Including 9 Children, in Earley Coach-Bus Crash

Eighteen people, including nine schoolchildren, were injured in a collision between a school coach and a public bus on a slip road in Earley, Berkshire, on Wednesday morning.

The crash occurred around 8:25 a.m. on the A3290 slip road leading to the Sutton Seeds Roundabout. Emergency services responded promptly after reports of a vehicle fire, discovering upon arrival that the bus's engine was ablaze following the impact with the coach carrying children to school. The coach driver and the nine youngsters aboard sustained minor injuries, as did eight adults on the bus, according to officials from the South Central Ambulance Service.

One child and one adult among the injured may require further treatment at a hospital, the ambulance service confirmed. Firefighters from the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service initially attended to what they believed was an isolated vehicle fire. A spokesperson for the service stated, "The team responded to calls of a vehicle fire on the slip road," before finding the two vehicles had collided.

Thames Valley Police, along with the fire and ambulance services, remained at the scene to manage the aftermath and urged motorists to avoid the area due...