Issued: 14 August 2007

At: 2:15pm

For immediate release

At 11:53am today, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service received a call to a road
traffic collision on the city bound carriage way of the A46 near to the Junction for Six
Hills. The collision had occurred between a coach and a minibus with initial reports
suggesting multiple people were trapped.

Crews from Central and Loughborough Fire and Rescue Stations attended, along
with a specialist Technical Rescue crew from Southern Fire and Rescue Station.
Crews in attendance found no-one to be trapped in the vehicles concerned.

Firefighters then assisted the ambulance service in dealing with the causalities at the
scene. A total of 17 confirmed casualties have been conveyed to hospital by
ambulance.

The cause of the collision will now be subject to investigation.

- ENDS -

Notes to News Desk

No information is known by Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service on the condition
of ay of the casualties involved.

All crews have now left the incident.


Contact Information

For more information please contact

Amanda Kelly-Pike

Marketing and Publicity Co-ordinator
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Tel 0116 287 2241



Email Us Print This Page