More than a dozen people have been injured after a bus carrying school children collided with a lorry in Leicestershire.
At least 16 people have suffered minor injuries in the crash on the A46 near Syston on Wednesday morning, Leicestershire Police said.
The bus contained 37 children travelling on a school trip, and ten people were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The collision, which happened at about 9:30am, closed the dual carriageway northbound between A607 near Cossington and the B676.
A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: “Police received a report at 9.30am today (Wednesday 13 November) of a collision involving a bus, containing a number of schoolchildren, and an HGV on the A46 northbound carriageway near to Syston.
“16 passengers sustained minor injuries and 10 of those were taken to hospital as a precaution.
“Emergency services responded at the time and local road closures were put in place. The road has since been reopened.”
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