Emergency services were called after 8am on Friday, September 29, shortly following reports of an overturned coach on the northbound M53 near to junction five at Hooton.

The teenage girl who died has been named as Jessica Baker, a student at West Kirby Grammar School.

Pupils from Calday Grange and West Kirby Grammar Schools were travelling in convoy when the bus overturned carrying 54 people on board.

Merseyside Police said a total of 58 people were involved in the incident including the two fatalities.

Chief Superintendent Graeme Robson, of Merseyside Police, said: “Family liaison officers are providing specialist support to both families and we are working with both schools and Wirral and Cheshire West councils to ensure the necessary trauma support is in place for the children on the bus.

“We also know that other children from both schools were on buses travelling in convoy with the bus involved in the incident and witnessed the incident. They too will be provided with appropriate trauma support.”

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