A 15-year-old schoolgirl and a bus driver have died following a motorway crash involving a coach and a car in England.
Emergency services were called shortly after 8am to reports of an overturned coach on the northbound M53 near to junction five at Hooton, Cheshire.
It is thought the bus was going to West Kirby all-girls grammar school and Calday Grange all-boys grammar school, also in West Kirby, Merseyside.
Both Calday Grange Grammar School and West Kirby Grammar School confirmed one of its school buses was involved.
Alder Hey Children's Hospital and North West Ambulance Service later declared major incidents, although Alder Hey later de-escalated.
The teenage girl has been named as Jessica Baker, 15, Merseyside Police said.
The family issued a photograph of her as the force said they requested privacy.
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."
Chief Superintendent Graeme Robson said that 50 other children were taken to an emergency training centre where they were medically assessed and eight of those children have been taken to the Countess of Chester and Arrowe Park hospitals.
"Our thoughts and condolences are very much with their family and friends at this tragic time," he said.
"Family Liaison Officers are providing specialist support to both families and we are working with the schools, Wirral Council and Cheshire West Council to ensure the necessary trauma support is in place for the children on the bus."
Chief Superintendent Robson also said that other children from both schools were on buses travelling in convoy with the bus involved and they witnessed the incident.
"They too will be provided with specialist trauma support," he added.
