Mr Catney said his thoughts were with the family of the crash victim.
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“He is pleased with his progress and he is now out of intensive care”.
A spokesman from Richmond Coaches told the BBC what had happened was “a tragedy” and added the company’s thoughts were with everyone involved.
Ian Davies, Headmaster of Brentwood School, Essex.
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“We know that all 34 walked off the coach and they are by and large with superficial injuries”.
Eyewitnesses said the coach crashed into a motorway bridge pillar.
“Two senior members of staff have travelled to Belgium this morning and as soon as we have more information we will inform everyone involved”.
The coach driver was killed and his assistant seriously injured, a spokesman for the school said.
Brentwood School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in Brentwood, Essex.
One pupil was treated for head injuries, another pupil sustained a broken leg and one teacher has a collarbone injury.
The school statutes were signed by poet John Donne in 1622 and it has a number of famous ex-pupils.
The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said all of the children survived the crash, but that an adult passenger, later identified as one of the two drivers on the bus, had been killed.
The motorway has been completely close while emergency services deal with the aftermath of the crash.
The company, Richmond Coaches, is from Lisburn, County Antrim.
The driver is believed to have lost control of the vehicle and hit a bridge support, causing it to overturn. “A team from the British Embassy is on the ground alongside the Belgian local authorities and are working hard to support the people caught up in this awful incident”.
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“Obviously it is an very bad time both for families and the coach firm staff”.
