Goulding, 15, and Chloe Walker, 16, were both killed. Chloe was marking her birthday. Patrick Short, 68, who was driving a Honda Civic car, was also killed. Nine children remain in hospital, two in a serious condition, after the 49-seater taking pupils home from Keswick School to the Cockermouth area, crashed on the A66 on Monday. Police said 25 other people were treated for injuries, most of them children. Their injuries ranged from cuts to fractures and spinal injuries. The coach driver, a 63-year-old man from Egremont who worked for JB Pickthall in Rowrah, west Cumbria, is in a stable condition in hospital. Police said children from the same school who were travelling on a minibus behind the coach rushed to help their classmates. Ch Supt Steve Johnson praised their actions. He said: "They went straight to the aid of their friends and colleagues and did an incredible job." Chloe Walker's brother Jordan died in April 2007 from the degenerative condition sanfilippo, which was diagnosed when he was seven-years-old. Keswick School head teacher Michael Chapman said of the family's double loss: "I cannot begin to describe how I would feel in those circumstances."http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8704576.stm
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