A double-decker bus carrying more than 40 school children crashed in County Down on Monday, 7th of October, 2024.

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) declared it as a “major incident”, but has since stood it down.

It said the bus was carrying 43 school children, as well as the driver with four of those requiring hospital treatment.

Translink said the bus was carrying students from Strangford College to Bangor when the incident occurred after 16:00 BST on Monday.

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) have deployed five fire appliances and a specialist team are at the scene of a “collision involving an overturned bus”.

Pictures on social media show the vehicle on its side in a field having left the road.

The road is closed and motorists are asked to avoid the area.