Schoolchildren injured after bus carrying 70 back from zoo trip falls down slope

Emergency crews have scrambled to the scene (Picture: SWNS)

Schoolchildren have been injured after the coach carrying them home from a trip to the zoo fell down a slope, according to witnesses.

The A396 is closed in both directions near Wheddon Cross, Somerset with fire, police and more than six ambulances all on scene.

The 70-seater vehicle was taking pupils back to Minehead Middle School when the coach left the road.

A person resident who lives near the crash scene has described the incident as ‘horrendous’.