Inquest into women killed in Ecuador bus crash

An inquest will be held today into the deaths of five women killed in an Ecuador bus crash.

The four teenagers and one 26-year-old tour leader died in April last year as they travelled from the country's capital, Quito, to a fishing village as part of a trip organised by gap year travel specialist VentureCo.

Ecuadorian police said a lorry carrying a load of sand crashed into the left side of the bus in Sancan.

The lorry driver fled the scene.

A further 12 Britons, a French national, two Ecuadorians, the driver and a tour guide were also injured in the crash.

Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg will hear the two-day inquest at Macclesfield Town Hall.

The proceedings will cover the deaths of: Emily Sadler, 19, of Northwood, Hertfordshire; Rebecca Logie, 19, of Chorley, Lancs; Indira Swann, 18, of Maidenhead, Berkshire; Elizabeth Pincock, 19, of Taunton, Somerset; and Sarah Howard, 26, of Northwich, Cheshire.