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Ex-Jockey Haunted by School Bus Crash After Helping Rescue Children in Minehead

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Alan Jones, a 64-year-old former professional jockey, is struggling to sleep after his involvement in rescuing children and adults from a devastating school bus crash near Minehead, Somerset. The accident occurred when a bus carrying 60 to 70 pupils and staff from Minehead Middle School veered off the A396 at Cutcombe Hill, sliding down a 20-foot embankment. Tragically, a 10-year-old boy lost his life, and six children along with three adults remain hospitalized.