As many as 10 people have been hospitalised and 11 more injured after a lorry and bus carrying schoolchildren crashed on the A46.
The collision happened at around 9.30am this morning on a northbound stretch of the A-road near Syston, Leicestershire - with emergency services still in place and the road closed off.
A spokesman for Leicestershire Police confirmed a total of 16 people had sustained "minor" injuries.
Earlier, the force said that five more people were taken to hospital "as a precaution" - which was later doubled to 10.
The A46 northbound was closed off until Wednesday evening
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Traffic data says the A46 northbound between the A607 Syston North and the junction with the A6006 is still closed - and is expected to reopen at 5.45pm.
GB News understands that police have now left the scene, with the road now in the hands of National Highways.
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A Leicestershire Police spokesman told GB News: "Police received a report at 9.30am today (Wednesday, November 13) of a collision involving a bus, containing a number of schoolchildren, and an HGV on the A46 northbound carriageway near to Syston.
"16 passengers sustained minor injuries and 10 of those were taken to hospital as a precaution.
"Emergency services responded at the time and local road closures were put in place.
"The road has since been reopened."
Two double-decker buses have crashed into one another in Manchester city centre, leaving at least 17 injured @patkarney via XThe news comes just days after a bus crash in central Manchester left 17 people injured.
On Saturday, local councillor Pat Karney telling the BBC the collision left an "incredible amount of damage" in its wake.
"It's hard to work out what went on but it looks as though a bus went a great speed into another bus... People don't wear seat belts on buses, so they must have been traumatised," he said.
