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Witness says the driver told them the bus suffered mechanical failure and the brakes stopped working

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A student has described the moment a double-decker bus he was on board crashed into a river, seriously injuring five people.

Several teenagers and the driver were trapped inside the vehicle after it veered off the road in Eastleigh, Hampshire.