Overview
- Emergency services were called at about 8:25am to the A3290 exit slip road to the Sutton Seeds Roundabout in Earley.
- Firefighters found the bus engine on fire, extinguished the blaze, and provided immediate care before handing patients to ambulance crews.
- South Central Ambulance Service said nine children and the coach driver sustained minor injuries, with eight adults on the bus also hurt.
- Two people were taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, six others were still being assessed for minor injuries, and ten were discharged at the scene.
- Thames Valley Police closed the A3290 and advised drivers to avoid the area, with icy conditions reported and separate no‑injury incidents noted in Kent and earlier on the same slip road.