A 'major incident' was declared close to Minehead in Somerset yesterday after a coach carrying at least 60 people back to a school 'left the road' and crashed

A child has died after a school coach carrying children and staff home from an end of term trip flipped onto its roof and slid down a 20ft bank in Somerset.The coach was travelling back to nearby Minehead Middle School with about 60 to 70 passengers on board on the A396 at Cutcombe Hill on Thursday afternoon when the incident took place.

The coach was carrying about 70 people when it flipped onto its roof while bringing pupils back from an end-of-term school trip.