Anyone heading on M5 it is closed in both directions due to RTA around Frankley services jct 3-4
M5 motorway coach and lorry crash leaves 28 people hurt
A coach and a lorry have crashed on the M5 in the West Midlands causing nearly 30 people to be injured, including three seriously.
The motorway is shut in both directions after the collision on the southbound carriageway close to Frankley services between junctions 3 and 4.
Seven ambulances are on the scene treating 28 patients. Twenty-five are thought to have minor injuries and three are thought to be more serious.
A diversion is in place for drivers.
just been on the news 1 person has been killed
News now saying the truck driver is one of the seriously hurt. There but for the grace… etc.
Wish him/her well.
its a fowler welch truck
Pic from Sky News website
Southbound carriageway between junctions 3 & 4
30mph speed limit on the matrix sign 
They are saying that the driver had to be cut out of the cab let hope he/she is OK and all the passengers on the bus are aswell. RIP to the passenger that as died
cliffton 27:
its a fowler welch truck
Not quite correct it’s a fowler welch trl,any number of their subbies could of been pulling it too.
Looks like a fowler welch unit and a BUS from stagecoach. just above the drivers cab you can see the stagecoach emblem and name
Your correct it is a f/w unit.
Hope the guy/girl is ok.
if that coach was on the hard shoulder how come it looks like the truck has hit the rear nearside yet another tragic accident rip
A l c:
if that coach was on the hard shoulder how come it looks like the truck has hit the rear nearside yet another tragic accident rip
reported on classic fm that the coach broke down in the roadworks
R.I.P to the deceased and a speedy recovery to the injured.
Reading the news reports they are saying that the coach was hit in the rear by the truck. Now what really gets my goat is automatically people presume that the truck hit the coach and therefore its the truck drivers fault. If you look at the pics its obvious the coach was overtaking the truck SO the Coach Driver was going faster than the truck driver and this was apparantly in FOG. Looking at the pics and the fact that it was foggy is it not possible that the coach driver may have thought he was passed the truck and started to pull back into lane 1 ? IF thats the case then its the coach driver at fault and not the truck driver.
I am getting sick and tired everytime there is an RTC involving trucks that 1, it has to be emphasised a truck is involved, when there is an RTC between cars they never say two cars have been involved but always when there is a truck, 2 people always presume the truck driver is at fault, both the news channels and the traffic reporters should take an unbiased account of the details until any investigation has taken place. Rant over
Paul
just on the news…the coach had broken down in lane 1 and was hit by the truck which pushed it into the central barrier.
Paul:
If you look at the pics its obvious the coach was overtaking the truck l
From what I’ve seen of the pictures, I’d say its fairly obvious thats not what was happening at point of impact, the truck has hit the coach whilst travelling faster than said coach, not the usual scenario in an overtake situation imo.
R.I.P. 
Sad though it is when vehicles breakdown they don’t just stop in ther tracks, they still role so he should have been on the hard shoulder. It seems he was broken down in the fast lane so I would say without doubt it was the fault of the bus driver 
news said coach broke down in lane 1 in roadworks?maybe no hard shoulder?
Pat Hasler:
Sad though it is when vehicles breakdown they don’t just stop in ther tracks, they still role so he should have been on the hard shoulder. It seems he was broken down in the fast lane so I would say without doubt it was the fault of the bus driver
Not very helpfull comments there.
Quite often there is no time to move to a “safer” location. The fog was reported to be bad in the area which would have made it worse. It was in roadworks as well, so often there is a lack of hard shoulder in these cases.
xamtex:
news said coach broke down in lane 1 in roadworks?maybe no hard shoulder?
Not been that way for a while so not too sure what the setup is through the roadworks, but if it was just cones you would of thought the driver of the coach would of just rolled through the cones and got out of the way! Destroy a few cones or be a sitting duck on the motorway?! Baffles me at the moment as to why he has seemed to of come to a stop in the outside lane!
Alas, until we know what actually happened we cannot really blame anyone!