Dozens injured in Northern Ireland school bus crash

LONDON: Dozens of children aboard a school bus which overturned in a crash on Monday suffered minor injuries, while four required hospital treatment, emergency services said.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said it was dealing with the “major incident” near a village east of Belfast, on the eastern coast of the UK territory. “Latest information would indicate that 43 school children on the bus + 1 driver,” the NIAS said on X.

“4 patients will require hospital treatment and the rest should be discharged at scene,” it added. The service said in an earlier statement that it had sent “multiple resources to the scene”, including various medical responders.