A trip to the seaside for a group of British children could have turned into a tragedy when a coach crashed and overturned on a motorway.

The youngsters and accompanying adults were on their way to the Somerset resort of Weston-super-Mare for the day when their coach crashed on the southbound carriageway of the M5 in Gloucestershire yesterday.

Six people – one child and five adults – suffered minor injuries during the incident between Junctions 13 and 14, near Dursley.

The South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust described the casualties as “walking wounded”, with the driver of the coach suffering a back injury.

The child was taken to Bristol Children’s Hospital while the adults were transported to Southmead Hospital.

The 53 passengers were picked up from a children’s centre in West Bromwich, West Midlands, and were due to spend the day at the seaside. Police said the vehicle, from Stourbridge-based Prospect Coaches Ltd, left the carriageway and overturned in a ditch.

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