School pupils had to be collected by their parents after a double decker bus from Skem. broke down on County Road, Ormskirk, this afternoon.
According to a relief driver, it developed fuelling issues and had to be recovered by specialist breakdown firm Hough Green of Widnes.
It was stranded just yards from the busy County Road junction with Green Lane - the driver wasn't complaining though …
"There's a great chippie just over the road, what's not to like?" he joked.
The bus was there for about three hours before being recovered.