Pupils treated after near collision

FIFTY secondary school students were treated in hospital yesterday for knocks they suffered when their school bus was involved in a near collision.

The bus was taking 62 students to Trachoni gymnasium when a car pulled out in front of it, forcing the bus driver to jam on the brakes. His passengers, many of whom were standing at the time, fell over each other and crashed into seats and windows.

Fifty of the students were given first aid at Limassol hospital. Four of them were diagnosed as concussed and kept in for observation.

Akrotiri base police are investigating the incident.

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