Pupils injured after school bus crash in County Down

A double-decker bus carrying more than 40 school children has crashed in County Down.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) declared it as a “major incident”, but has since stood it down.

It said the bus was carrying 43 school children, as well as the driver.

Four children were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has confirmed. Translink said the bus was carrying students from Strangford College to Bangor when the incident occurred after 16:00 BST on Monday.

In a statement, the PSNI said that NIAS treated and discharged 33 people at the scene.

Several patients also self-presented at the Ulster Hospital. (BBC News)

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