M40 school minibus crash

Title

M40 school minibus crash

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

19 Nov 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:13

Description

Warwickshire Police Chief Peter Joslin speaks to press about the minibus accident on the M40 which killed 12 schoolchildren from the Hagley RC High School in Hagley, near Birmingham, and the teacher driving, Eleanor Fry, and now another schoolgirl 13 year-old Kate Murray. He says the cause of the accident is as yet unknown, and police are waiting for statements from the 2 remaining passengers. Lisel(?) Smith reports.

Contributors

Peter Joslin; Liesl(?) Smith

Keywords

Deaths; Motorways; Road accidents; Schoolchildren; Accidental death; Hagley RC High School; Hagley; Kate Murray; Eleanor Fry

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