Victoria, 17 September 2004

Burnley Tunnel Bus Accident

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21 Injured

On 17 September 2004 a school bus carrying 40 students from Lyndhurst Secondary College crashed into the back of a truck that was attempting to avoid a broken down car in the right hand lane of the Burnley Tunnel. Ten ambulances took 21 school children to hospital with neck injuries. The remaining students were able to leave the scene and entered the emergency evacuation tunnel to the Burnley Street exit.

Information sources

The Age, 'Students hurt in tunnel bush crash', 18 September 2004, website viewed 1 June 2021