British schoolchildren in coach crash

Title

British schoolchildren in coach crash

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 May 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:52

Description

Report on a coach crash in the South of France in which several schoolchildren from St Albans died. Harry Hughes, the coach driver, had been taken ill at the wheel. John Meeson(?) recounts his son Peter’s description of the incident. Graham(?) Andrews, another of the students who had been travelling in the coach, also gives an account of the accident. Male reporter not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

Contributors

Mark Mardell?; John Meeson(?); Graham(?) Andrews

Keywords

Accidents; France; Children (age group); Children (family); Road accidents; Schoolchildren; Coaches; St Albans; School visits; Beaumont School; Harry Hughes

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