Girl killed in horror M53 bus crash was one of few on board wearing a seatbelt, inquest told [Video]

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A teenager who died when a school bus crashed on a motorway was one of the few on board wearing a seatbelt at the time, an inquest has heard.

Jessica Baker, 15, was on her way to West Kirby Grammar School in Wirral, Merseyside, when the coach crashed on the northbound M53 just after 8am on September 29 last year.

An inquest at Gerard Majella Courthouse in Liverpool on Thursday heard that driver Stephen Shrimpton, 40, who also died, was suffering heart disease which caused him to collapse at the wheel of the vehicle.

Jessica had been dressed for PE when she was dropped at the bus stop near her home in Blacon, Chester, that morning, the court heard.

Her parents, nurses Sean Baker and Sarah Merrington, were in court for …