Coach Crash Inquiry Continues
Two weeks after the horrific coach accident in the village of Alton, Staffordshire on August 18, Staffordshire police has nearly finished interviewing the passengers who survived the crash.
The crash claimed the life of Polish Piotr Wolski, and dozens others were injured after the coach carrying 70 passengers collided with a car, crashed through a wall and ended up in a garden. People involved in the crash were migrant workers from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and South Africa, all based at Lutton Farm, Oundle.
Other causes of the accident included the torrential downpour and the narrow road which the coach drove through. Investigation on the coach is still continuing and the police have not yet come to a conclusion.
At the time, several witnesses were shocked by the accident. As Bradley Ford, who lives at the Alton Bridge Hotel, said, ‘I heard this massive crash, rumble, or either crunching metal or what sounded to me initially as a thunderstorm as it was heavily raining before.’
Anne Long, 79, owner of Lutton farm along with her husband and three of her children, were devastated by the accident.
Long said, ‘They had a day off to go to Alton Towers. They do this kind of thing quite often,’
‘We just couldn’t believe it… Everyone is in shock.’
Recently, a spokeswoman for the Stafforshire police said, ‘Detectives have interviewed more than 50 of the passengers and hope to finish speaking to all of them by the end of the week.’
‘The coach is still being examined.’
A Home Office post mortem examination on the body Piotr Wolski proved inconclusive, and no definite information can be produced on the exact causes of his death.
Currently, four people still remain in hospital, whilst the bus driver, who suffered from serious leg injuries, and a 21-year-old woman, still remained in critical condition.
