Child dies after minibus overturns on M4 slip street in Berkshire

A kid has died after a minibus overturned on a dual carriageway slip street, police have showed.

The single-vehicle crash came about at the M4 eastbound junction 10 go out slip street directly to the A329M, close to Wokingham in Berkshire on Sunday afternoon, Thames Valley police mentioned.

In a publish on X, the pressure mentioned: “Sadly, a child died in the collision and our thoughts remain with the family who are being supported at this extremely difficult time.

“Other passengers sustained serious injuries, requiring hospital treatment. We would ask motorists to continue to avoid the area.”

Emergency products and services have been known as to the scene together with air ambulances touchdown at the street, National Highways mentioned.

South Central ambulance provider mentioned it was once first alerted to the crash at 2.24pm, with its first devices arriving on the scene 8 mins later.

Five important care devices, together with two air ambulances, attended the incident in conjunction with six ambulances.

National Highways reported the collision in a while after 2.45pm, later including that the hyperlink street have been closed eastbound because of a “serious injury incident involving an overturned vehicle”.

The dual carriageway was once then closed in each instructions between junctions 11 and 8 for about 3 hours after the crash.

The slip street stays closed on Sunday night time, with officials nonetheless on the scene. Delays of as much as 30 mins have been reported at the dual carriageway along queues of as much as 3 miles, that have been worsened by means of a number of broken-down automobiles, the general public frame added.

No arrests had been made, the pressure mentioned.