Ballymena: One person taken to hospital after school bus crash

One person has been taken to hospital following a collision involving a car and a school bus carrying about 30 pupils in Ballymena, County Antrim.

It happened on the Cullybackey Road at about 09:00 BST on Thursday.

Pupils from Cullybackey College were on the bus but the school said none of its students were believed to have been seriously injured.

Translink, which runs the school bus service, said its bus driver was "receiving appropriate support".

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and other emergency services attended the scene.

In a statement, a Translink spokeswoman said: "The pupils were transferred to another bus to continue their journey to school.

"PSNI and Translink investigations are currently underway."

The road was closed in both directions after the crash and diversions were put in place at its junction with Woodstown Road and Inishowen Park