Police name schoolgirl, 15, killed in motorway coach crash

Police have named a schoolgirl who died following a motorway crash involving a school coach. Emergency services were called on Friday shortly after 8am to reports of an overturned coach on the northbound M53 near to junction five at Hooton, Cheshire.

A police statement said: “Jessica Baker sadly died as a result of the collision on the M53 northbound carriageway earlier today. Jessica’s family have requested that their privacy is respected at this time and any updates from them will be issued via Merseyside Police news office as appropriate." Merseyside Police said a total of 58 people were involved in the incident including the two fatalities. Two children were taken to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital with serious injuries and another two casualties were treated at Wirral’s Arrowe Park Hospital.

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