Overview
- Eleanor “Ellie” Hague, 16, from Sherburn-in-Elmet, was formally identified as the passenger who died.
- The white Mercedes Sprinter carrying nine sixth-form students collided with a Hyundai i10 at Toulston Lane and Rudgate at about 12:28pm on 1 December.
- A second teenage girl sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries, and the other passengers and the minibus driver were treated for minor injuries.
- The Hyundai driver, a 40-year-old woman from Leeds, was arrested on suspicion of causing death and causing serious injury by dangerous driving and has been released on conditional bail.
- Police ask witnesses to contact the Major Collision Investigation Team with any information or dashcam footage quoting reference 12250226227, as the road reopens and the school provides support.