One dead and four injured in head-on bus crash

By Murray Wardrop Published: 6:30PM GMT 03 March 2010

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The dual singular rug buses crashed head-on prior to long after 4pm on Wednesday withdrawal one man trapped and 3 aged passengers hurt.

The deadliness is believed to be one of the sight drivers.

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Two air ambulances flew to the scene, where they were assimilated by paramedics and firefighters.

Firefighters cut a man from the disadvantage prior to he was taken to hospital.

Three aged passengers were additionally taken to sanatorium for diagnosis one pang a shop-worn hip and the others described by military as "walking wounded".

The stage of the accident, a residential travel in the encampment only outward the locale of Chester-le-Street, was sealed whilst military investigated.

Local residents pronounced that one of the buses had mounted the cement and that both buses were really bad damaged.

Gail McKeith, landlady at the villages Newfield Inn, said: "We"re all utterly worried. It"s not a dangerous highway it"s a encampment with a 30mph speed limit. We don"t know how it happened."

She pronounced the buses had crashed head-on, in front of a row of bungalows.

"There has been a incident in between dual singular rug buses," a Durham Police orator said.

"At benefaction it is well known that one chairman has died and a series of passengers have been injured."