Alps Coach Crash: Dead British Driver Named

A British coach driver who died after a crash in the French Alps has been named by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Maurice Wrightson, 64, from County Durham was ferrying 52 Britons back to the UK following the end of the ski season when the bus crashed near Alpe d'Huez.

A crane lifts the charred wreckage

Police suspect there was a problem with the vehicle's brakes that caused it to veer off the road and smash into rocks before bursting into flames.

UK travel organisation Abta said the passengers, who are staff at a Brighton-based ski company, are now on their way home.

It has since been said that Mr Wrightson, who worked for Stanley-based firm Classic Coaches, alerted his passengers to the imminent crash which allowed them to prepare to escape.

The bus is thought to have had brake problems

Several passengers leapt from the burning wreckage out of windows. At least four people were said to have been seriously injured, with those hurt being treated in local hospitals.

A helicopter was sent to the scene where firefighters battled to put out the fire.

A local police spokesman said: "The driver seems to have lost control on a steep bend in the road and his vehicle crashed into rocks.

Firefighters sift through the wreckage

"It burst into flames but everyone is now out. Some passengers escaped by jumping out the windows."

TGM group which owns Classic Coaches confirmed in a statement: "Classic is a North East based company and the coach was being driven by a North East based driver."

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