Strangford Integrated College pupils getting counselling in wake of incident
Education Minister Paul Givan says he wants assurances over the safety of children travelling to school using public transport.
The bus was carrying the pupils to Bangor when it crashed and ended up on its side in a field on Ballyblack Road East near Carrowdore on Monday afternoon. Two children were rescued from the bus by firefighters using specialist cutting equipment. “Our thoughts first and foremost are with all the families that have been impacted. It is a parent’s worst nightmare to get a call or to find out on social media that there has been this incident.”He added: “Where there are any lessons that need to be learnt and if there are lessons, then I want to make sure that we will learn from that.
“We have had a team of counsellors in the college this morning for the young people. I am pleased to say, the young people have been talking through their experiences as they begin to process the trauma that they have been through.” “We do, as you would expect, have some absences from young people who would ordinarily travel on that bus route. We sent teachers to the Ards bus station this morning to travel on those buses into school, so there would be support there.
She said: “I am really proud of everyone who went above and beyond to care for the patients who needed our help.”
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