School bus crash girl died on 16th birthday

  • 14 years ago

One of the children killed when a school bus crashed in Cumbria was celebrating her birthday.

Chloe Walker, from was on her way home after spending her 16th birthday with classmates at Keswick School when she was killed on Monday along with fellow pupil Kieran Goulding, 15, and a third victim driving a Honda Civic.

Police revealed that children from the same school who were travelling on a minibus rushed to help their classmates after the crash.

Nine children were still in hospital on Tuesday, two in a serious but stable condition after the collision near Keswick.

The coach driver, a 63-year-old man, was also in a stable condition in hospital, Cumbria.

The crash left 35 others "walking wounded" with some suffering from fractures and spinal injuries.