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Fifteen injured as bus hits house Fifteen injured as bus hits flats
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Fifteen people have been taken to hospital after a bus crashed into a terraced house in Birmingham. Fifteen people have been taken to hospital after a bus crashed into a block of flats in Birmingham.
The single-decker collided with three cars before hitting the two-storey house in the Lozells area, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. The single-decker collided with three cars and a van before hitting a flat in a two-storey property on Nursery Road, Lozells, on Thursday evening.
Eleven adults, including the female bus driver and four children have been taken to hospital after the incident on Nursery Road on Thursday evening. Ten adults and four children on the bus were taken to hospital with minor injuries along with a man in the flat.
The majority are being treated for cuts and bruises. The city council is looking to re-house three people in the four flats in the block, police said.
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None of the injured is believed to be seriously hurt. Insp Richard Fisher, from Thornhill Road police, said the bus was coming down Nursery Road/Gerrard Street towards Hockley Circus and apparently collided with a car going the other way.
Of the 15 taken to hospitals - including Birmingham Children's Hospital, Selly Oak Hospital and City Hospital - 11 were from the bus and four from the property, the fire service said. He said: "This has then caused a collision with a car turning out from a side street (Carpenter's Road) and then there's been a collision with two stationary vehicles - a car and van."
The bus hit my car, my car then hit a van. I had just walked out of the car - it was not even 30 seconds later Karen Shearer They included an elderly man from the house, who was not injured by the crash but suffered a flare-up of an existing medical condition. The injured were taken to hospitals including Birmingham Children's Hospital, Selly Oak Hospital and City Hospital.
Six ambulances were sent to the scene, along with two specialist paramedic units. They included an elderly man from the house, who was not injured by the crash but suffered a flare-up of an existing medical condition.
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said the Travel West Midlands bus collided with three cars before crashing into the front of the house. Karen Shearer had just got out of her vehicle when the bus hit it
Karen Shearer, 39, was visiting her mother and had just got out of her Mercedes car when the bus ploughed into it.Karen Shearer, 39, was visiting her mother and had just got out of her Mercedes car when the bus ploughed into it.
She said: "The bus hit my car, my car then hit a van. I had just walked out of the car - it was not even 30 seconds later.She said: "The bus hit my car, my car then hit a van. I had just walked out of the car - it was not even 30 seconds later.
"I turned around and saw my car in the middle of the road and saw the bus in the house."I turned around and saw my car in the middle of the road and saw the bus in the house.
"There was no screaming and people were coming off the bus in a very organised way."There was no screaming and people were coming off the bus in a very organised way.
"My gran lives in the bungalow next door to the house which was hit and she has been told to evacuate. She's staying at my mum's now, which is a couple of doors away.""My gran lives in the bungalow next door to the house which was hit and she has been told to evacuate. She's staying at my mum's now, which is a couple of doors away."
Afruz Miyah, who lives about 100 yards away in neighbouring Burbury Street, said he heard the bus as it hit the cars and crashed into the house. Most people were released from hospital on Thursday and no-one was expected to be kept in overnight, police said.
Nobody in the cars was injured, the West Midlands force added.
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Six ambulances were sent to the scene, along with two specialist paramedic units.
Afruz Miyah, who lives about 100 yards away in neighbouring Burbury Street, said he heard the bus as it hit the cars and crashed into the house.
He said: "I heard the sound of brakes screeching then heard part of the house falling down.He said: "I heard the sound of brakes screeching then heard part of the house falling down.
"I heard the other cars as they got hit. We just came here and some other people called the police. A BMW was the worst damaged.""I heard the other cars as they got hit. We just came here and some other people called the police. A BMW was the worst damaged."
Specialist fire and rescue crews searched through the debris of the crash to make sure no-one was trapped under rubble.Specialist fire and rescue crews searched through the debris of the crash to make sure no-one was trapped under rubble.
The bus was still stuck in the front of the house at 2025 BST following the incident, which happened at about 1700 BST on Thursday. The bus was still stuck in the front of the house on Thursday evening after the accident at about 1700 BST.
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