Hi °C | Lo °C A group of British schoolchildren had a “miraculous” escape from a coach crash in Germany when their driver collapsed at the wheel.
The 36 youngsters from West Derby Comprehensive in Liverpool were returning from a ski trip to Austria when the accident happened at around midnight on Tuesday.
The coach driver suffered a suspected heart attack and the vehicle smashed into a central reservation in Karlsruhe, south Germany.
The driver was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Headteacher Margaret Rannard said all parents have been informed and a replacement coach was bringing the schoolchildren home.
“It is astonishing and miraculous that they were not injured. My thoughts go out to the family of the driver,” she said.
