A British bus with 34 children aboard overturned and crashed on a motorway in Belgium on Sunday morning. One person was killed among the 34 children who are from the UK.


The company, Richmond Coaches, is from Lisburn, County Antrim. The two drivers are from Northern Ireland. It is understood that three pupils and two teachers from an Essex school are in hospital.


The bus reportedly overturned on the A18 (E40) at Middelkerke, West Flanders at 09:45 local time (08:45 BST). Eyewitnesses said the bus crashed into a motorway bridge pillar. Thirty-one children and three teachers walked away from the crash.