Ellie Hague: Police name sixth-form student killed in Tadcaster minibus crash in North Yorkshire
A sixth-form student who died in a crash involving a minibus carrying nine teenagers has been named.
North Yorkshire Police said that Eleanor Hague, 16, known as Ellie, from Sherburn in Elmet, died in the collision involving a white Mercedes Sprinter minibus and a Hyundai i10 car on Toulston Lane in Tadcaster at about 12.30pm on Monday.
Ellie, a sixth-form student at Tadcaster Grammar School, was a passenger on the minibus which was carrying nine teenagers aged 16 to 18 – both from Tadcaster Grammar School and Sherburn High School.
Another teenage girl was taken to hospital with serious injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
The other passengers and the man driving the minibus sustained minor injuries, police said.
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, the force said.
She had been released on conditional bail.
Police were appealing for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage to contact the force.