The 26-year-old from Poland, was one of 70 passengers based at Lutton Farm who were on the vehicle when it crashed in Staffordshire.

The coach owned by Decker Bus, based in Whittlesey, near Peterborough, was travelling from Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire when it hit two stationary vehicles and smashed through a wall before plunging 10 to 15 feet down an embankment.

The driver of the coach, who sustained "significant leg injuries" in the crash, is one of three people who remain in a critical condition in hospital.

Staffordshire Police said the driver was given a routine breath test after the crash, which proved negative.

A total of seven people are at various hospitals receiving treatment.

Owner Anne Long, 79, who runs the farm with her husband and three of her four children, said everyone was in shock at the farm.

She said: "All of the people in the coach are workers on our farm. They had a day off to go to Alton Towers. They do this kind of thing quite often."

Mrs Long said the workers come every year from countries across Europe including Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as New Zealand.

She said some of them live on the farm, while others find accommodation in nearby Peterborough.

Her family first heard about the crash when her daughter got a call from one of the passengers just after 6pm last night.

She said: "We just couldn't believe it. My daughter rushed straight up there to help. Most of the workers are back here now. Everyone is in shock."

Mrs Long said the Polish man who had died was known as "Peter" and had come to work at Lutton Farm every summer for three or four years.

She said: "That's not his real name because he has a Polish name but everyone knew him as Peter.

"He was a good guy, we've had him here for three or four years.

"His job was checking off on the fruit production."

She said her daughter was making efforts to contact the dead man's family.

Speaking outside her farm, just outside the village of Lutton, near Oundle, Northamptonshire, Mrs Long added: "We have lost a lad which was the last thing we wanted to do, particularly him, and we have got several in hospital."

Steve Churms, 64, who has been a close friend of the Long family, who run Lutton Farms for 30 years, said workers at the farm were all deeply distressed and would not talk about the incident.

He read a family statement which said: "Lutton Farms is a family business which produces fresh strawberries and raspberries, and also contracts to produce straw as a sustainable fuel source for power stations.

"Every summer we employ overseas students and young people from other countries such as Poland and South Africa for seasonal work on our berry farm.

"We work hard to ensure everyone has an enjoyable time while they are our guests, and arrange visits to attractions such as Alton Towers.

"The coach that was involved in the tragic accident yesterday was returning from Alton Towers with a group of our staff after one such day out.

"The Long family knows many of those injured personally, and the young man who was sadly killed had worked on our farm for the last three summers.

"Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones, and also with those others who have been seriously injured.

"We are deeply distressed by the tragic incident and would appreciate being left to help our staff and their families to the best of our ability at this difficult time."

Murray MacGregor, spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service, said the coach driver, a British man from Lincolnshire, was seriously injured.

Ian Sloss, group manager for Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Our crews are now working with a specialist heavy rescue team who have been called in to support the operation to recover the coach."

A Decker Bus spokeswoman said: "We send our sincere sympathies and condolences to all involved and the families of the deceased and injured.

"We are working closely with all relevant authorities and emergency services, who will no doubt update necessary parties as investigations are carried out."