8 KIDS RUN DOWN ON A SCHOOL TRIP; Children hit on walk in village.Byline: STEVE MYALL myall Noun an Australian acacia with hard scented wood [Aboriginal] EIGHT children and their teacher were seriously injured yesterday after a car ploughed into them as they were walking on a school outing. The pupils aged eight and nine were among a group of 20 on a geography field trip in a village when a motorist lost control of her Nissan and careered into them - "critically injuring" some. One youngster suffered two broken legs and six more were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Another child had minor injuries. An ambulance spokeswoman said three of those badly hurt "went under the wheels of the car". A male teacher with them was also injured. It is believed the car ran into the group while trying to avoid other vehicles parked by mourners at the funeral of a road accident victim at All Saints Church All Saints Church, or All Saints' Church or variations on the name may refer to: Australia
Witnesses said some mourners rushed out of the church and lifted the smashed car to free children trapped underneath. One villager said: "It was a horrific scene. The children were just enjoying themselves on a trip out from school and this car just went into them. "It was a scene of carnage with injured children screaming in agony. It was lucky that none were killed." The 40-year-old woman car driver has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and was last night in custody at Lowestoft police station in Suffolk. The Year Five pupils, from Worlingham Middle School, were walking in a line through the village at about 1.44pm - 15 minutes before the funeral for Nathan Beglarian was due to begin in the church. Mr Beglarian, 21, of Worlingham, was killed when the Vauxhall Corsa he was in crashed into a tree at Hulver, near Lowestoft, on September 9. His funeral was delayed while paramedics helped the injured children as police blocked the road, but went ahead later. The injured children were treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to two hospitals in six ambulances.An East of England Ambulance Service The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk and Thurrock, in the East of England region. spokeswoman said: "Some children were critically injured. Several of them have broken bones This article or section has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It needs to be expanded. Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. and some open wounds. "The male teacher who was escorting them was also quite seriously hurt. It was quite a nasty collision." A Suffolk police spokesman appealed for witnesses and said officers from the Serious Collision Investigation team had launched an investigation. An air ambulance air ambulance Emergency medicine A helicopter or, less commonly, a fixed wing aircraft, used to evacuate a person who requires immediate medical attention that cannot be provided at his/her current location and an RAF rescue helicopter were also scrambled to the scene of the accident, but were not needed. CAPTION(S): EVIDENCE Police examine wreckage at scene yesterday SHOCK Mum is comforted after horror of seeing children injured |
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