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Bus-car collision: driver critical, passenger serious

21/03/2013

A CAR collided with a bus filled with 31 children from Dandenong’s Emerson School on Nettle Drive in Hallam about 3.50pm yesterday (Wednesday).
The car’s driver suffered life-threatening injuries. One of his passengers was taken to The Alfred with serious injuries and the other was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
A number of Emerson students, who have mild intellectual disabilities, suffered superficial injuries and were treated at the scene.
See next week’s Berwick News and Greater Dandenong Star for the full story.
Picture: KEITH PAKENHAM

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