Transport and Logistics Network
By Eirian Jane Prosser[1] Published: 09:56, 19 October 2023 | Updated: 09:56, 19 October 2023
No one was wearing seatbelts during the M53 school bus crash that killed 15-year-old schoolgirl Jessica Baker and driver Step…
Jessica Baker died following a crash on the M53 in September. Photo: HandoutThe family of a teenage girl who died after a school coach crashed on the M53 in Wirral have thanked the public for their “very kind comments and offers of support” as tributes…
Motorists are being warned a stretch of the M53 will be shut ‘for some time’ as emergency services deal with ‘a number of casualties’. Police, firefighters, paramedics, and the air ambulance were scrambled to the stretch through Hooton just after 8am t…
A driver suffered an ‘event’ and ‘slumped’ at the wheel moments before his school bus crashed on the M53, killing him and a teenage girl, a coroner’s court was told.
Stephen Shrimpton, 40, Jessica Baker, 15, both died when the bus crashed on the northb…
A 14-year-old boy seriously injured in the horrific school bus crash that left two dead is still in hospital, police have said today.
Two people died in the crash on the M53 last week when a school bus overturned on the motorway at around 8am on Friday…
Police have issued a warning to people living in two parts of Merseyside.[1]
The Wirral local policing team shared the warning on Facebook on Sunday urging residents to be vigilant. A spokesperson for the force said officers have seen an increase in th…
People were heartbroken after a woman was killed, following a week of tragedy on the region’s roads.
Police, paramedics and the fire service arrived on Birkenhead Road[1] at its junction with Lee Road in Hoylake[2] just after 1.45pm, on Saturday, Octob…
The devastated wife of a bus driver who died in a crash has said she will “always love” him.
Stephen Shrimpton, 40, died after the school bus he was driving[1] hit a reservation, near to junction 5 on the M53. A 15-year-old schoolgirl, Jessica Baker,[2…
A teenage girl who tragically died after a school coach crash on the M53 motorway last week was a “talented” climber who represented Wales in competitions. The devastated family of Jessica Baker have paid tribute to the 15-year-old, saying her death ha…
The families of ‘warm-hearted’ Jessica Baker, 15, and ‘devoted family man’ Stephen Shrimpton, 40, who were both killed when a school bus overturned on the M53 on the Wirral, have paid loving tributes to them (Photo: Merseyside Police/Stephen and Jessic…