‘Caution’: Victorian school’s warning over disgraceful act in wake of horror bus crash

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Ballarat’s Loreto College has warned against fake GoFundMe accounts using its logo in the wake of a horror bus crash that left several students injured. 7NEWS

Police have described the students’ escape from the crashed vehicle as “miraculous”.

“I think it was fairly harrowing for everyone involved - how anyone wasn’t more seriously injured is incredible,” Victoria Police acting Superintendent Jason Templar said on Wednesday.It is believed the school bus slowed down when the driver spotted the speed reduction signs. But, as the truck rounded a corner, it collided with the back of the bus, sending it hurtling down the embankment.

Oliver went down the embankment on foot and, with the help of about six other people, took off the driver’s windscreen so the girls could get out.“I said, ‘Just pass the phone around’, and they were ringing parents.”While most passengers made it out unscathed, Oliver said one girl had sustained some particularly confronting injuries.Through tears, Oliver described how he helped to get the girl out of the bus.“ was just trying to calm her down.

 

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