Two teenagers, a boy and a girl, are among three people killed in a crash involving a school coach on the A66 near Keswick in Cumbria.

英国坎布里亚郡凯斯维克附近A66公路上一列校车发生车祸，三人死亡，其中包括一男一女两名青少年。

The bus was taking children home from school

The driver of a Honda Civic¹ also died in the crash, at about 1545 BST. Four people are in a critical condition.

The Keswick High School coach was carrying pupils aged² 11 to 18. It is believed to have swerved³（突然转向，背离） and overturned（颠覆，倒转） near Bassenthwaite Lake.

The A66 has been closed while crews attend the scene.

A Red Cross support centre has been set up at Braithwaite School to offer first aid and emotional support.

About 35 other people were injured in the collision.

Six helicopters, police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the scene of the crash.

Ch Insp Kevin Greenhow of Cumbria Police said: "My officers and people from the other emergency services found a very difficult situation to deal with.

"There were people who have been seriously injured, that was obvious from the outset（开始，开端） , and also people suffering from the traumatic（创伤的） effects of what has happened.

"It will have been difficult, but they know what they have to do in their role and that's what they will have been doing."

Casualties have been airlifted to Middlesbrough, Preston and Newcastle. West Cumberland and Cumberland Infirmary（医院，医务室） are also taking in those injured.

Wounds range from cuts to spinal⁴（脊柱的） injuries.

Barry Pickthall, who runs coach firm JB Pickthall, said the coach involved was from his company and was carrying schoolchildren from Keswick High School.

Mr Pickthall said the 49-seater coach was not full but had about 30 pupils on board.

It had been on the school run, taking pupils to their homes in Cockermouth after attending school in Keswick, about 13 miles away.

Mr Pickthall said he was waiting to speak to police and had no information about what caused the crash.

Brian Lewis, who lives near the crash scene, said the school bus swerved to avoid a car before the collision.

He said: "It's a right mess, there are ambulances everywhere, it's a chaotic⁵ scene.

"The bus was taking the children home from school.

"The site of the actual crash is in a hollow so you can't see a huge amount from the fields nearby.

"It seems the bus was swerving⁶ to miss a car and another vehicle has crashed into it.

"Both have toppled over."

Tricia Kerr and her husband live near the crash scene. He heard a "terrible bang".

She said: "He could see there was a school bus and it was on its side and there was three cars."

In a statement, Cumbria County Council said a team of educational psychologists（心理学家） would be available at Keswick School from Tuesday morning to help people begin to come to terms with what had happened.