Twin boys, aged 11, reveal the harrowing moment they frantically searched for each other after their school bus full of children overturned in a horror crash in Eynesbury.

Twins who survived a horrific bus crash on their way home from school have recalled the terrifying 40 minutes they spent searching for each other in the wreckage.

The Exford Primary School students and twin brothers Cadin and Ashton, 11, were on board a bus that overturned after being hit by a truck in Eynesbury, 56km from Melbourne, on May 16 at 3.40pm.

For the first time, they have spoken about their recovery and how they spent the day watching other children suffer life-changing injuries.

Ashton recalled wandering around and yelling his brother’s name as their mother rushed to the scene that day while Cadin was trapped under the bus with another student.

The two returned to school a week after the crash and have since gone on recovery camps with the non-profit Kids Foundation in Queensland.

The five-month-old couple said they are still recovering from the impact and have attended recovery camps organized by Children’s Foundation Queensland (Ashton, left, Caden, right)

Ashton, who miraculously escaped the incident with only minor injuries, told A Current Affair that he couldn’t find Caden anywhere after the crash.

“I couldn’t see Caden come down yet so I ran around shouting where he is and it was a difficult experience,” he said.

At that time, unbeknownst to his brother, Caden was trapped under the overturned bus comforting another girl who was also unable to escape.

The boy’s mother, Naomi, said Caden had been slipping in and out of consciousness the entire time until passing traditions that came to the rescue could finally bring him out when she arrived.

Naomi couldn’t find her sons when she arrived, but other mothers at the scene pointed her out into the crowd before she fell to her knees in relief.

“I remember falling to the ground and then I looked up and I saw Ashton and Caden’s face and I saw the horror on their face as they were worried about me and I thought I have to pull it together,” Naomi said.

After running to be with them, she was unable to figure out how to help Caden, who was covered in blood and scratches.

“I just wanted to grab him and hold him, but he was so cut up on his face, back, arm and leg, all I could do was hold his toe,” she said.

“So I got up and made a joke about, ‘I guess we’re not going to footwork.’

Doctors discovered Caden had a broken wrist from the crash, and the boy spent days in the hospital unable to open his eyes or move his mouth.

Now the twins are back at school and Caden is still attending physical therapy sessions, which Ashton joins in to support his brother.

Caden (pictured) was trapped under the rubble for 40 minutes as workers tried to free him

The bus flipped onto its side after the lorry crashed into it in Eynesbury, 56km from Melbourne, trapping many students inside

Since the traumatic accident, the twins have shared what they would like to do in life now that they have been able to move on from their injuries.

Ashton said he wants to be a teacher or a trade because ‘they helped us so much’ that day.

Caden will have the opportunity to meet the tradition that helped save his life at an upcoming event at the Children’s Foundation.

The pair said they want to thank all the emergency workers and unsung heroes who helped free them and their classmates from the bus.

The Kids Foundation has been running injury and trauma recovery camps in Queensland and going to them was the first time they had been on the bus since May.

Although both children were injured in the crash, Ashton said that after going to the camp and seeing what happened to the other survivors, they got off easy.

Another student lost both arms in the wreckage.

Three others underwent surgery to amputate their damaged hands and limbs.

Truck driver Jamie Gleeson was charged with four counts of dangerous driving causing serious injury during the crash.

The 49-year-old father-of-two from Balliang, near Geelong, suffered minor injuries when his truck collided with the bus.

Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard he told police he saw a ‘sudden flicker of light or sun’ before crashing into the school bus.

Gleeson returned negative blood tests for drugs and alcohol and was granted bail. He is due back in court on October 18.