{"id":680761,"date":"2026-01-07T21:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680761\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:20:13","slug":"three-children-seriously-hurt-after-falling-from-window-of-double-decker-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680761\/","title":{"rendered":"Three children seriously hurt after falling from window of double decker bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency services including the air ambulance responded<\/p>\n

18:00, 07 Jan 2026Updated 21:13, 07 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

\"videoHeadline\"\/Three schoolchildren fall from window of double decker bus in Ashton in Makerfield<\/p>\n

Three children have suffered ‘potentially serious’ injuries after falling from the top deck of a bus. Emergency services responded<\/a> with the air ambulance seen landing nearby following the incident in Ashton-in-Makerfield.<\/a><\/p>\n

Three high school pupils fell ‘through a window on the top deck of a school bus on Bolton<\/a> Road’ Greater Manchester Police<\/a> (GMP) said.<\/p>\n

Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening but have been described as ‘potentially serious’ by the force. An enquiry is now underway, however a senior officer said it appeared at this stage to be ‘an unfortunate accident.’<\/p>\n

Inspector Simon Barrie, from GMP’s Wigan<\/a> District, said: \u201cThis is a serious incident that will cause disruption, our priority is to make sure the children get the treatment they need in hospital. Thankfully we don\u2019t believe their injuries are life-threatening.\u201cThis does appear to be an unfortunate accident at this time but we will be making enquiries as to the circumstances and liaising with partners.<\/p>\n

“The investigation is in its early stages and work is underway to determine the full circumstances of this incident” GMP added in a statement.<\/p>\n

Bolton Road was blocked off and there was congestion around the junction with Golborne Road as emergency services dealt with the aftermath of the incident. GMP said the road had now reopened after officers had carried out initial enquiries.<\/p>\n

This is a breaking news incident, we will bring you further update as they become available on our live incident here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services including the air ambulance responded 18:00, 07 Jan 2026Updated 21:13, 07 Jan 2026 Three schoolchildren fall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[148775,748,393,4884,187,2465,16,15,1287],"class_list":{"0":"post-680761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-ashton-in-makerfield","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-greater-manchester-police","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wigan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115855912137996265","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}