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Boy, 7, and pensioner killed when bus crashes into supermarket

Rowan Fitzgerald, from Leamington Spa, and Dora Hancox, from Nuneaton, were killed when a double decker bus crashed into a supermarket in Coventry.

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School-friends of boy who died in bus crash being supported by counsellor

The friends of a seven-year-old boy who died after a bus crashed into a supermarket in Coventry this weekend are being supported by their school counsellor

Headteacher Anne McSharry, from St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Leamington Spa, where Rowan Fitzgerald attended, says his friends have found the news of his death 'very hard' to take.

Pensioner, Dora Hancox also died in the crash, which happened on Saturday evening.

A book of condolence opened this morning in the Sainsbury's store on Trinity Street, which the bus crashed into.

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