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Minehead School Set to Reopen Following Tragic Bus Crash

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Minehead Middle School in Somerset will reopen this Monday for the first time since a tragic bus crash claimed the life of a 10-year-old pupil and left several others injured. The school had closed on Friday, following the devastating accident on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred as a school bus carrying between 60 to 70 pupils and staff was returning from a trip to Exmoor Zoo. Traveling along the A396 at Cutcombe Hill near Minehead, the bus veered off the road, overturned, and came to rest approximately 20 feet down a steep slope.