A SCHOOL bus carrying 30 children and a lorry crashed on a main road this morning.

Firefighters cut the driver out of the cab of a lorry following the collision on the A469 between Caerphilly and Ystrad Mynach.

Several pupils were being treated by paramedics but none were reported as being taken to hospital .

Three fire engines were at the scene. Police said the carriageway was completely blocked by the accident.

Traffic was diverted via Llanbradach, they added.