Passengers hurt as coach overturns near Norwich
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Seventeen people have been taken to hospital, at least five with serious injuries, after a coach overturned near Norwich.
The single-decker coach, carrying mostly elderly passengers, crashed on the A140 Cromer Road at Horsham St Faith at about 1540 GMT.
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital it had treated eight "walking wounded".
Police, firefighters and at least seven ambulance crews were called to what police described as "a major incident".
Forty-eight passengers and a driver were on the coach, which police said was the only vehicle involved in the accident.
Police said "thankfully" the passengers were wearing their seatbelts.
The Galloway Travel coach was returning to Norwich following a Christmas tour of north Norfolk, including the towns of Cromer and North Walsham.
One passenger said: "We had been to Holt and were heading towards Norwich.
"Me and my husband dozed off and the next thing we knew the coach was on its side."
A man who was at the scene said there were between 10 and 20 people who got into the bus through a back window or sky light and helped several passengers.
He said: "We were all helping people off the bus and making sure they were okay, both on the side of the road and those still stuck inside."
Some passengers were trapped in the coach after the crash but police said all had now been freed by firefighters.
Police said those who did not need hospital treatment were taken to Horsham St Faith community centre, which is being used as a makeshift shelter.
The East of England Ambulance Service said its staff were "checking over" people at the centre.
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Robert Flute, of the ambulance service, said: "Our sympathy goes out to the patients and their families involved in this distressing incident.
"They will have been very shaken and lots of reassurance has been given by our crews.
"It's lucky that this isn't far more serious."
Insp Dave Ball, from Norfolk Police, said the coach had left the road and mounted a rise before overturning on to its side.
He described the road conditions at the time as "fine".
"We can't account at present for why the vehicle has gone to its near side," he said.
He said the fact passengers had been wearing seat belts may have saved lives.
Police said Galloway Travel, based in Stowmarket, Suffolk, was in the process of informing relatives of the injured and organising the recovery of the vehicle.
The incident occurred in Norfolk, England. 

Five people are thought to be seriously injured after a coach carrying elderly people overturned near , , Norfolk, England. 44 others have suffered minor injuries.

Emergency services are reportedly at the scene, including at least seven ambulances.  confirmed a "major incident" had occurred; it is thought only one vehicle, the single-decker coach, was involved. A statement released by the force said several people had become trapped in the vehicle in the incident, but all had been freed.

A spokesperson for  said: "A major incident has been declared. At this stage there is nobody left at the scene ... As far as we can tell at the moment there have been no fatalities." The spokesperson added those with serious injuries have been transported to ; others are being treated in a community centre near the site of the incident.

"I've seen four of five fire crews and at least seven ambulances going through to the scene of the crash, and they were still coming about an hour after the incident," reporter Cath Saunt, at the scene of the incident, said. "A couple of ambulances left the scene with blue flashing lights and people who do not need immediate treatment have been taken to a community centre."