Passenger controls 'runaway' bus

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A passenger steered a bus to safety after the driver collapsed at the wheel in Manchester city centre.

Fitness instructor Alex Jenkins managed to move Arriva's 263 service from the path of pedestrians when he realised something was wrong.

The bus stopped when it hit a parking meter on Princess Street and no-one was seriously injured.

Arriva has sent its "sincere thanks" to Mr Jenkins and said the 73-year-old driver was recovering.

"The first time I knew something was wrong was when we collided with a 4x4," Mr Jenkins said.

"I tried looking for the keys or handbrake but I couldn't find anything so, that's when I thought I will have to pull us in to the kerb and try to avoid all the people.

"It was 9am in the morning so there were a lot of people stood at the bus stop and we were heading pretty much straight for them."