Inquest date set for boy, 10, killed in coach crash

An inquest date has been set for a 10-year-old boy who died in a coach crash while returning from a school trip to the zoo.

Oliver Price died when a coach carrying Minehead Middle School pupils left the road near Wheddon Cross in Somerset and slid down a 6m (20ft) slope on 17 July 2025.

Wells Coroner's Court was previously told Oliver had been found in his seat with his seatbelt on, and was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

A full inquest by Somerset Coroner's Service is scheduled to take place on 13 November at the Old Municipal Buildings in Taunton.

The coach was carrying about 70 people when it overturned on the way back from a trip to Exmoor Zoo - many of them pupils from Minehead Middle School.

In total, 21 passengers were taken to hospital for treatment.

Opening the inquest into Oliver's death on 24 July, coroner Vanessa McKinlay said his provisional cause of death was listed as a head injury, subject to further tests.

The full inquest will look into the events of the day before the crash, the circumstances in which the coach left the road, and Oliver's medical cause of death.

The court is expected to hear from Oliver's family, adult passengers on the coach, witnesses, the coach driver, emergency service workers and a pathologist.

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