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Girl, 16, who died in minibus crash named

by 02/12/2025
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A 16-year-old girl who died in a crash involving a minibus carrying a group of teenagers has been named.

Eleanor Hague – known as Ellie – died at the scene of the crash in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, on Monday.

The teenager, from Sherburn in Elmet, was a sixth-form student at Tadcaster Grammar School.

Pic: North Yorkshire Police
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Pic: North Yorkshire Police

She was a passenger in the white Mercedes Sprinter minibus that was in a collision with a Hyundai i10 car at 12.28pm.

The minibus was carrying nine passengers aged 16 to 18, who were from Tadcaster Grammar School and Sherburn High School that have a shared sixth form.

Another teenage girl was taken to hospital by ambulance with serious injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.

The other passengers and the man driving the minibus have received treatment at hospital for minor injuries.

The driver of the Hyundai, a 40-year-old woman from Leeds, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving. She has been released on conditional bail.

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