One of our buses was involved in a dreadful accident at approximately 4pm on Tuesday 18^th May, when there was a collision between a car and our bus, which was conducting a local school bus journey.  The crash sadly claimed the lives of both our driver and the driver of the car.  The passenger in the car and one young passenger on the bus were also injured and taken to hospital. There were 31 other children on the bus at the time, who were attended to by emergency services at the scene of the accident before being released to go home.

 Peter Johnson, the operations director at the family business said. “Our driver was 67 year old David Franklin. David had been a part time coach and bus driver for us since 2003; he was a highly regarded member of our team who was always willing to help us out, as requested on all types of coach and bus driving work.  David was an experienced driver, always smartly dressed, and thoroughly dependable and professional in his work.  He was very much a part of our driver team here and will be greatly missed by all of us. Our thoughts and condolences go out to David’s family and also to the family of the driver of the car.   Our thoughts and best wishes also go out to all those who were injured in this terrible and tragic accident.” 

Finally, the company very much appreciates the numerous goodwill messages, from customers, suppliers and fellow coach and bus operators. They would also like to thank the local residents who provided immediate assistance at the time, plus the emergency services who quickly and efficiently dealt with all aspects of the tragedy.