Reports are coming in that a school minibus has crashed near Hartlepool. Emergency services have confirmed that there have been a number of casualties. The bus is believed to have been carrying 30 children. The accident involved three vehicles outside the town's English Martyrs School. The Air Ambulance is on its way. p>
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