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Girl Fights For Life After Deadly Bus Crash

Police have confirmed that a nine-year-old girl is in a critical condition after the bus crash in Coventry in which a boy and a pensioner were killed.

The Stagecoach bus is said to have hit a number of stationary cars and a lamppost before crashing into a Sainsbury's supermarket in Trinity Street at around 6pm on Saturday.

Ambulance officials said six people, including a child, were taken to hospital. Two people were treated at the scene.

A police spokesman said: "An eight-year-old boy from Leamington, who was travelling on the top of the bus, died at the scene as a result of his injuries.

"A woman from Nuneaton, believed to be in her 70s who was a pedestrian in Trinity Street, also died at the scene."

The girl, who was on the upper deck of the bus, is in a critical but stable condition in hospital. Two other casualties also remain in hospital.

Grandmother Hazel Boardhurst, who was in the supermarket when the bus crashed in, told Sky News: "I was in there at three minutes to six buying some chewing gum and it was just boom.

"I really didn't know what it was - I thought it might be a bomb or an IS attack - you just don't know these days.

"To find out seconds later it was a bus was unbelievable - those poor children who were injured your heart goes out to them."

Maneer Fiaz told Sky News he was shopping nearby when he heard a "loud bang" and saw people running to the scene.

"I came outside the shop and saw the bus was smashed into the cashpoint. I ran towards the driver and he was surprisingly alive," he said.

"People were trying to get the driver out. The kids were trapped underneath the seats upstairs. It was absolute chaos. We got the driver out through the window.

"People were just running towards the scene trying to help people get out. The only thing on people's minds was the two kids stuck on the top, they couldn't get out of the bus.

"People were just waiting for the ambulance service to come."

Superintendent Paul Keasey, head of the Central Motorway Police Group, said: "Our thoughts are with those affected by this evening's tragic event; we have specially trained officers with the families at this difficult time.

"We hope to carry out a swift investigation and I would like to thank people who have already come forward who witnessed the collision."