POLICE accident investigators are continuing to try to find the cause of a coach crash which killed a Minehead Middle School pupil and injured 19 more people in July.

Avon and Somerset Police said progress was being made with the investigation more than three months since the crash on the A396 Cutcombe Hill.

A constabulary spokesperson said dozens of statements had been taken and expert examinations of the vehicle had been commissioned.

The spokesperson said: “Collision investigations are complex and take time to complete.

“It is important they are thorough and completed carefully to ensure we can establish the full circumstances around them and identify whether any criminal offences have taken place.

“This is especially important where people have been seriously injured or, as was the case here, somebody has died.

“The serious collision investigation team must carry out a detailed examination of the scene and the vehicles involved and analyse these against witness accounts, and reports from third party experts.

“Since July, they have taken dozens of statements from adults, commissioned expert examinations of the vehicle, and completed a significant number of other inquiries.”

The spokesperson said the force remained in regular contact with the family of Oliver Price, aged 10, who died in the crash, and everybody else directly involved, to keep them updated on progress.

The Ridlers coach was carrying pupils and staff back to the middle school after an end of year enrichment week visit to Exmoor Zoo, near Combe Martin, when it came off the road and overturned and slid 20 feet down an embankment.