A 14-YEAR-OLD boy suffered "life-changing injuries" in a fatal school bus collision on the M53 in the Wirral today, Merseyside Police has confirmed. 

The force said a total of 58 people were involved in the incident, including a 14-year-old girl and the bus driver who were both killed, when a bus of schoolchildren overturned on the motorway.

The bus was carrying pupils from Calday Grange Grammar School and West Kirby Grammar School.

Merseyside Police said four people were taken to hospital – two to Alder Hey Children's Hospital and two to Arrowe Park Hospital – including the 14-year-old boy.

The remaining 52 attended the emergency services training centre, where 39 were discharged with no further treatment and 13 were treated for minor injuries and then released.

Junctions three to five of the M53 will remain closed in both directions for "a considerable time" while enquiries continue.

Local Policing Superintendent Sabi Kaur said: "We would ask anyone who witnessed the collision or believes they have captured something significant to contact us as a matter of urgency."