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Several pedestrians are reported to have been hurt in a collision involving buses in the West Midlands. | Several pedestrians are reported to have been hurt in a collision involving buses in the West Midlands. |
The vehicles collided at Walsall bus station in the town centre on Monday morning, police confirmed. | |
A police spokesman said: "It's believed a number of vehicles were involved including two buses." | A police spokesman said: "It's believed a number of vehicles were involved including two buses." |
A Travel West Midlands spokesman said he understood from police that three or four pedestrians had been hurt after a bus entered the station the wrong way. | A Travel West Midlands spokesman said he understood from police that three or four pedestrians had been hurt after a bus entered the station the wrong way. |
The single decker Arriva then went on to collide with a Travel West Midlands bus. The Arriva driver is also thought to have been hurt. | |
Bridge Street in the town is closed and the town centre is reported to be gridlocked. | |
Witness Dominic Leadbetter said: "There were at least two or three people being treated by ambulance people inside the terminal. | |
"The bus came out of the terminal and ended up against a double decker bus and a van from a local restaurant. | |
"The air ambulance landed on the road outside the bus station, and the police have sealed off the bus station." |