Australia: Children in school bus crash suffer amputations, head and spinal injuries, Melbourne, Victoria

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A truck driver remains in custody after the vehicle he was driving allegedly crashed into a school bus on Melbourne’s western fringe on Tuesday, seriously injuring 10 children.

Police believe the bus left Exford Primary School – just south of Melton – about 3.30pm and was attempting to turn right onto Murphys Road from Exford Road when a truck crashed into the back of it, rolling the vehicle on its side.

Thirteen children were taken to hospital, including 10 with serious injuries.

Royal Children’s Hospital chief executive officer Bernadette McDonald said seven children aged between five and 11 remain at the hospital, including one child in intensive care and six others in a serious condition.

 

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A truck driver remains in custody after the vehicle he was driving allegedly crashed into a school bus on Melbourne’s western fringe on Tuesday, seriously injuring 10 children.

Police believe the bus left Exford Primary School – just south of Melton – about 3.30pm and was attempting to turn right onto Murphys Road from Exford Road when a truck crashed into the back of it, rolling the vehicle on its side.

Thirteen children were taken to hospital, including 10 with serious injuries.

Royal Children’s Hospital chief executive officer Bernadette McDonald said seven children aged between five and 11 remain at the hospital, including one child in intensive care and six others in a serious condition.

I wish school buses were fitted with seat belts. Surely it would be safer.

How fast would a person be driving in order to turn a school bus on it's side!?

 

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I wish school buses were fitted with seat belts. Surely it would be safer.

How fast would a person be driving in order to turn a school bus on it's side!?

Appears there were seatbelts:

"He said some children were already standing up in the bus when they arrived, and others were still strapped to their seats in seatbelts"

Children in bus crash found yelling 'where's mum?' when rescuers arrived

Two tradesmen who ran to help at the site of Tuesday's school bus crash in Melbourne tell of the horrific scenes they faced as they tried to rescue the children.

www.abc.net.au

The bus reportedly was braking when it was rear-ended by the tipper in a 60km/hr school zone. No detail on speed in the below article:

Truck driver granted bail after bus crash that left children with amputations, spinal injuries

Truck driver Jamie Gleeson is granted bail by the Melbourne Magistrates' Court over a crash that left 18 primary school children in hospital.

www.abc.net.au