Driver of school bus in M53 crash died of natural causes, coroner’s office says

Stephen Shrimpton, 40, and student Jessica Baker, 15, died when the coach he was driving crashed in September last year

The driver of a school bus that crashed on a Merseyside motorway last year died of natural causes, a coroner’s office has said.

Stephen Shrimpton, 40, died when the coach he was driving crashed on the northbound M53 in Wirral on 29 September. One of the passengers, Jessica Baker, 15, was killed in the crash.