Hundreds attend 40th anniversary service for M62 bus bombing

M62 coach bombing 40th anniversary

More than 200 people have attended a memmroial service to mark the 40th anniversary of the M62 coach bombing which claimed the lives of 12 people.

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Memorial service to the victims of the M62 coach bombing Credit: ITV Yorkshire

A memorial service has taken place to mark 40 years since the tragic coach bombing on the M62.

Nine soldiers, a young mother and her two sons died and 38 were injured in the IRA blast on February 4, 1974.

More than 200 people attended the Service of Remembrance to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy at Hartshead Moor Services

The memorial service to the victims of the M62 coach bombing Credit: ITV Yorkshire

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