AN EAST Lothian teenager has died after a crash involving a school bus and a van.

Kieran Swinton, 19, from Ormiston, who had been driving the van, was declared dead at the scene of the crash in North Lanarkshire yesterday morning (Wednesday).

The crash took place on Banton Road, near to Banton on the outskirts of Kilsyth shortly before 8am.

A young passenger on the bus was left shaken but uninjured in the crash and was treated at the scene by paramedics.

The school bus driver sustained a hand injury and was taken to hospital, along with a man who was a passenger in the van.

Sergeant David Stenhouse from the Divisional Road Policing Unit at Motherwell said: “The area would have been busy with rush hour traffic around the time of the incident and I would appeal to anyone who witnessed what happened to get in touch."

Call police on 101 with information.