Three people, including a six-year-old boy, were killed in a crash involving two cars and a double-decker bus in North Yorkshire.

Police were called to the collision on the A61 in the Ripon area at around 3pm on Sunday afternoon.

A six-year-old boy, a teenage girl and a woman in her 30s in a silver Vauxhall Meriva, died in the crash. Their next of kin have been informed and are receiving specialist support.

The bus driver was taken to hospital with leg injuries, and some of the bus passengers suffered minor wounds and were also taken for treatment.

The occupants of a blue Toyota Aygo were uninjured.

Police said the Vauxhall and the Toyota were travelling south towards Ripley while the bus was travelling in the opposite direction.

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The road was closed for emergency services and investigators to attend the scene before it reopened around eight hours after the crash.

Officers are now appealing for witnesses or for anyone with dashcam footage of the vehicles travelling or the crash itself to come forward.

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