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Ladbroke Grove bus crash: Several injured as bus hits wall | Ladbroke Grove bus crash: Several injured as bus hits wall |
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One woman was trapped and 13 other people were injured after a bus crashed into a wall in west London. | One woman was trapped and 13 other people were injured after a bus crashed into a wall in west London. |
Eyewitnesses said the woman was pinned between the double-decker bus and a building when it left the road in Ladbroke Grove shortly before midday. | Eyewitnesses said the woman was pinned between the double-decker bus and a building when it left the road in Ladbroke Grove shortly before midday. |
The woman was freed and taken to hospital with minor injuries. | The woman was freed and taken to hospital with minor injuries. |
None of the other injured people, who included the bus driver, suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash, police said. | |
Matt Kyp, who runs a gym opposite where the crash happened, said the bus driver had been trying to avoid another crash when he "ploughed off the road". | |
He said the "bus went from one side [of the road] to the other and picked up pace". | He said the "bus went from one side [of the road] to the other and picked up pace". |
He added it was a "big operation to remove the woman" but said she had been "talking to the ambulance crew" from under the bus. | |
London Ambulance Service (LAS) said it had sent "multiple resources to the scene" including four ambulance crews and the Air Ambulance. | |
Roads in the area have been closed while investigations continue. | Roads in the area have been closed while investigations continue. |