Schoolboys fall through bus window

TWO schoolboys escaped serious injury when they fell through a double-decker bus window.

The boys, aged 12 and 13 and pupils at St Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, were on their way home to Clitheroe when they fell onto the road after crashing out of the lower deck of the bus.

The incident happened shortly after 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Whalley Road, Clitheroe.

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Emergency services were called and the boys were taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital having suffered cuts and grazes.

The bus driver was treated for shock.

A police spokesman said the boys were leaning against the large window when they fell out.

He added: “Luckily the bus had just pulled into a bus stop outside The Villa restaurant in Whalley Road and was near enough stationary.

“The boys were very lucky that they only suffered cuts and grazes and it was a good job that they were standing on the lower deck and not the higher deck.

“As a precaution, we will be inspecting the bus.”