Task:
You are a journalist who writes for the Northern Daily Leader. You have been given the “FACT
SHEET” below and you are to write this as the front-page story.
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Make sure you read all the facts before you write the story.
Plan your response and organise the facts in a way that creates the most impact on the
reader, using full sentences and correct grammar and punctuation.
You are to extend upon the facts using creative language to make the story more appealing.
FACT SHEET – BUS ACCIDENT
School Bus
32 passengers
All school aged children
Roads closed
8 children injured
Bus hit traffic lights
Police attended the scene
Screams were heard by witnesses
Bridge St turning left on a school run
Commuters disrupted
8.30 am (approx.)
Commonwealth Bank corner Bridge St and Crown St.
Lost control
Four Ambulances
Injured to Tamworth Hospital
Detours set up
Bus driver unhurt
Many eyewitnesses
Tamworth Fire and Rescue involved
Two children in a serious condition
Bridge Street Tamworth
Police investigating the cause
Streets closed for three hours
Bus and parked car
Collision recorded by safety camera