Colchester: mum's fears over bus to school
6:19am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
A MOTHER whose daughter broke her arm when a bus braked said today that children should not be made to stand on services.
Olivia Hepsworth, 12, of The Street, Great Tey, was in "an enormous amount of pain" after the incident on the A120.
Mother Alexandra said Olivia had been thrown forward with such force she had broken her arm.
Mrs Hepsworth said she believed it was dangerous for pupils travelling to Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester Royal Grammar School and St Mary's School on the bus to have to stand as its route includes the A120 and two junctions of the "notorious A12".
Duncan Cameron, operations director of First in Essex said of the incident: "At First, safety of our passengers is our number one priority"
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