Gateshead coach crash driver named as William Craven
A coach driver who died after crashing on the A1 on Tyneside has been named as William Craven.
The 74-year-old, from the Westerhope area of Newcastle, died after suffering a heart attack at the wheel.
None of the passengers were seriously hurt on the 60-seater bus when it hit a lamppost and came to rest on an embankment at Lobley Hill, Gateshead.
The Bells of Stamfordham coach was taking a group of adults and children to the Lake District.
Northumbria Police said Mr Craven was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead after the crash, where he later died.