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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/seatbelts-saved-coach-crash-oaps.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The overturned coach that crashed on the A140 near Horsford in Norfolk, close to Norwich Airport" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-seatbelts-saved-coach-crash-oaps.jpg" alt="The overturned coach that crashed on the A140 near Horsford in Norfolk, close to Norwich Airport"/></a></p>
<p>Seventeen pensioners taken to hospital after their coach overturned are recovering from their ordeal.</p>
<p>The bus with 49 people on board was heading towards Norwich on Friday after visiting nearby Holt when it left the road, climbed a steep grass embankment and flipped on to its side.</p>
<p>Norfolk Police said most of the passengers were walking wounded, with 15 suffering minor injuries and five seriously hurt with potential fractures and cuts.</p>
<p>The force added that &#8220;thankfully&#8221; the passengers were wearing their seatbelts &#8211; meaning that despite the injuries, no-one was killed. Some had to be freed by firefighters.</p>
<p>An East of England Ambulance Service spokeswoman said 17 people were taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.</p>
<p>One passenger said: &#8220;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.&#8221;</p>
<p>Inspector David Ball of Norfolk Police said: &#8220;The people were trapped in the seats, thankfully they had seatbelts on. If nobody was wearing seatbelts&#8230; they&#8217;d have landed on top of each other, it would have been a lot worse. Thankfully we have had no fatalities involved in this.&#8221;</p>
<p>Police are trying to establish why the crash happened. No other vehicles were involved. The pensioners were on a Christmas bus tour run by Stowmarket-based Galloway Travel.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK, speaking on behalf of the firm, said the tour had been due to finish on Monday.</p>
<p>The accident happened on the A140 at Horsham St Faith, just north of Norwich and close to Norwich Airport, at about 3.40pm.</p>
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