COACH CRASH ON THE A1 NEAR HUNTINGDON CAMBRIDGESHIRE AFTER IT HIT AN OVERTURNED LORRY
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HUNTINGDON CAMBRIDGESHIRE ENGLANDMore information:
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THE SCENE ON THE A1 NEAR BUCKDEN, CAMBS, ON SUNDAY MORNING OCT 13TH AFTER A COACH HIT A TESCO LORRY INJURING 13 PEOPLE. Thirteen people have been taken to hospital - two with serious injuries - after a coach carrying passengers home after a work party in London collided with a Tesco lorry this morning (Sun). The Redwing Coach was returning to Newcastle-upon-Tyne from London with two drivers and 45 passengers, believed to be collleagues from a telephone company, when the collision occurred on the A1 in Cambridgeshire at 5.30am. The articulated Tesco lorry is believed to have tipped over and was blocking the northbound carriageway of the A1 between Brampton and Buckden. The coach driver, from London-based Redwing Coaches, is being hailed a hero for spotting the lorry and preventing an even more serious accident. Two passengers were taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge with serious injuries and 11 were taken to nearby Hinchingbrooke Hospital with minor injuries. A further 29 people were assessed at the scene of the crash and were taken to a local ambulance reception centre in St Neots, where a replacement coach is expected to pick them up later today. A driver, who witnessed the crash but did not want to be named, said: "I saw lots of young people standing on the side of the road, all dressed up as if they had been on a big night out." The East of England Ambulance Service was on the scene in six minutes and dispatched five ambulance crews, three rapid response vehicles, four officers and the Trust's hazardous area response team (HART) to the scene. A spokesman said this morning: "Two patients were taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and 11 patients were taken to Hinchingbrooke Hospital with minor injuries.