London, Sep 29 (AP) A bus carrying dozens of schoolchildren overturned on a highway near the English city of Liverpool on Friday, killing the driver and a 14-year-old girl, police said.

The bus was transporting students from Calday Grange Grammar School and West Kirby Grammar School on the Wirral Peninsula, across the River Mersey from Liverpool.

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Traffic on the M53 highway was blocked as police and other emergency services responded to the incident, which was reported shortly after 8 am.

Two other occupants of the bus were taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries, while a number of other patients were taken to surrounding hospitals for treatment to minor injuries, North West Ambulance Service said.

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A total of 50 children were transported to a casualty clearing centre.

Thirty-nine of them were discharged while the others were taken to hospitals for further treatment. (AP)

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