Ten In Hospital After Coach Crash

Ten people remain in hospital following a crash in which a coach rolled down an embankment and came to a stop near a loch. The vehicle, carrying dozens of tourists, was travelling on the A83 at the Rest And Be Thankful in Argyll when it came off the popular route on Thursday. It is believed that high winds in the area at the time were a possible factor, police said. Twenty-three of the 52 people on board the Lochs and Glens Holidays coach were taken to hospital following the crash. On Saturday, ten of them were still being treated in hospital, with one in a serious but stable condition at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow, where two others are in a stable condition. The three patients at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow and four patients at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley are all in a stable condition, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said. Some of the passengers earlier spoke of their ordeal, describing what happened as the bus came off the road. Police, fire and helicopter rescue crews were sent to the scene around 200 yards north of the B828 junction and the road was closed while emergency services treated passengers and investigated the cause of the incident. Local diversions were put in place at the A819 at Inverary and also at the A82 north of Tarbet. The road was reopened and the bus removed from the crash scene on Friday morning. Lochs and Glens Holidays runs a number of coach trips, mainly in the Scottish Highlands, but picks up passengers across the UK. The company's Twitter page said the coach was from the Medway Towns area of Kent. A spokeswoman said: ''We are liaising with the emergency services regarding the injured passengers and to establish the cause of the accident.''