Firefighters released two people trapped following a serious road traffic collision in West Mersea t

Firefighters released two people trapped following a serious road traffic collision in West Mersea this morning. The collision involved a single deck bus and a lorry which was carrying a steam traction engine

The steam traction engine had fallen from the lorry and onto the bus trapping and injuring a number of passengers.

One critically injured man has been flown to the Royal London Hospital, four patients have been taken to Colchester Hospital with serious but non- life-threatening injuries. Eleven patients have been taken to both Colchester and Broomfield hospitals with various minor injuries, and two patients were treated and discharged at the scene.

Latest news on the incident can be found here http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i4751/