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Nineteen people were injured in a fatal minibus crash on a motorway slip road in which a child died, a fire service has said.

The minibus overturned on the link road from junction 10 of the M4 to the A329(M) near Reading, Berkshire, at about 14:45 BST on Sunday.

The motorway reopened after about three hours but the slip road remains closed.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said two people were found to be trapped, with a total of 19 people being injured and receiving care from firefighters and paramedics.

The child died at the scene and the fire service handed over responsibility for the scene to Thames Valley Police at about 17:00.

The police force confirmed on Sunday that no arrests had been made.

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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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