Thirty-two injured in coach crash
By Ken Tan,WNS Longman Correspondent
LONGMAN - Thirty-two people have been injured in a crash involving a coach and a lorry in North Longman. The accident happened at the Longman Highway Exit A2 just after 0800 LT. Linapore Fire and Rescue Service said nine coach passengers had serious injuries and firefighters had to free three people from the wreckage. All the injured people are adults who were on a trip to Jacob. The Exit A2 is closed in both directions. A Longman State spokesman said the road was expected to be closed for at least two hours.
Four crews of firefighters from Longman central station were called to the crash. A fire brigade spokesman said the injured passengers were taken to local hospitals in a fleet of ambulances. He said paramedics used minibuses at the scene as triage points. A Longman Police spokeswoman said the coach collided with the rear of a large skip lorry.
"There were initially some passengers trapped, but that was due to damage to the bus door, rather than them being trapped in their seats," she said. All the passengers and the driver, who was experiencing pain in his sternum, were taken to hospital for checks. Most were suffering from minor injuries including shock, cuts and bruises. No one is thought to have life-threatening injuries.
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