Passengers helped to safety after crash on A43 between Corby and Kettering involving bus and lorry
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Visit Shots! now[1]Passengers have been helped to safety after a bus and a lorry collided on the A43 near Kettering.
The incident on the southbound carriageway from Corby[2] to Kettering[3], between Barford Bridge and the hamburger roundabout, has closed the road.
Delays had been reported on the A43[4] northbound and the southbound carriageway was shut for a time but has since reopened.
A spokesman for Northants Fire and Rescue said: “Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a road traffic collision on the A43 southbound between Corby and Kettering.
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“On arrival at 2.45pm, crews discovered a lorry and a coach had been involved in the collision. The bus passengers were assisted by firefighters, and they then assisted the police in clearing the road so a replacement coach could pick up the passengers.
“Crews then returned to their station shortly after 3pm, leaving the scene in the hands of police.”