A 15-year-old schoolgirl and a coach driver have died following a motorway crash involving a school bus.
Merseyside Police said a 14-year-old boy has suffered life-changing injuries in the crash on the M53 in Wirral on Friday 29 September.
A major incident was declared following the incident, which involved pupils from Calday Grange Grammar School, and West Kirby Grammar School for Girls.
The crash happened between J4 and J5 near Hooton on the M53 on the Wirral shortly after 8am. The bus was carrying 58 people, including the driver.
A further two patients were taken to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital with serious injuries, while a number of other patients were taken to surrounding hospitals for treatment to minor injuries, North West Ambulance Service said.
A total of 52 children were transported to a casualty clearing centre at the emergency services training centre in Wallasey.
Of those, 39 have now been discharged while the remainder have been taken to the Countess of Chester and Arrowe Park hospitals.
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, declared a major incident at its hospital at around 11:30am but de-escalated two hours later.
It is still urging parents to only bring children to its emergency department if it is urgent, as its Accident and Emergency department “remains extremely busy”.
Taking to social media earlier, the Liverpool hospital said: “Our Emergency Department is currently extremely busy and we would ask parents to only bring their children to the Department if it is urgent.”
It later added it was treating “a number of patients”.
A statement on its website read: “We can confirm that we are treating a number of patients following the incident this morning.“We will continue to support and liaise with families directly and are unable to share any further details of individual patients at this time.” (ITV)