Child dies after minibus overturns on M4 slip road in Berkshire

A kid has died aft a minibus overturned connected a motorway gaffe road, constabulary person confirmed.

The single-vehicle clang occurred connected the M4 eastbound junction 10 exit gaffe roadworthy connected to the A329M, adjacent Wokingham successful Berkshire connected Sunday afternoon, Thames Valley constabulary said.

In a station connected X, the unit said: “Sadly, a kid died successful the collision and our thoughts stay with the household who are being supported astatine this highly hard time.

“Other passengers sustained superior injuries, requiring infirmary treatment. We would inquire motorists to proceed to debar the area.”

Emergency services were called to the country including aerial ambulances landing connected the road, National Highways said.

South Central ambulance work said it was archetypal alerted to the clang astatine 2.24pm, with its archetypal units arriving astatine the country 8 minutes later.

Five captious attraction units, including 2 aerial ambulances, attended the incidental on with six ambulances.

National Highways reported the collision soon aft 2.45pm, aboriginal adding that the nexus roadworthy had been closed eastbound owed to a “serious wounded incidental involving an overturned vehicle”.

The motorway was past closed successful some directions betwixt junctions 11 and 8 for astir 3 hours aft the crash.

The gaffe roadworthy remains closed connected Sunday night, with officers inactive astatine the scene. Delays of up to 30 minutes were reported connected the motorway alongside queues of up to 3 miles, which were worsened by respective broken-down vehicles, the nationalist assemblage added.

No arrests person been made, the unit said.