Driver arrested after school bus crash closes road
The A36 has now reopened, having been closed southbound for much of Thursday
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The driver of a school bus has been arrested after the vehicle left the road and crashed into a ditch.
Police said of those onboard, 29 secondary school students were uninjured and one of four teachers suffered a minor leg injury. The driver also sustained minor injuries.
The crash happened on the southbound carriageway of the A36 near the Ower roundabout and junction 2 of the M27 in Hampshire shortly after 05:10 BST.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said the driver, from Hungerford in Berkshire, had since been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit through drink and/or drugs.
It added the 48-year-old remained in custody and urged any witnesses or people with dashcam footage of the incident to contact the force.
Following a lengthy closure, the road has now reopened after what police described as a "complex recovery" of the coach from the ditch.
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