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| Passengers hurt in Gateshead cemetery crash | Passengers hurt in Gateshead cemetery crash |
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| A bus has crashed into a cemetery, injuring passengers and destroying about 50 headstones. | A bus has crashed into a cemetery, injuring passengers and destroying about 50 headstones. |
| The single decker hit a parked car before going through railings into Saltwell Cemetery in Gateshead, Northumbria Police said. | |
| Officers said about 15 passengers were checked over at the scene by paramedics. Two people were taken to hospital. | Officers said about 15 passengers were checked over at the scene by paramedics. Two people were taken to hospital. |
| Bus company Go North East said the driver had been spoken to by police. | Bus company Go North East said the driver had been spoken to by police. |
| A spokesman said: "This is a serious incident and our thoughts are with the passengers and their families at this moment. | A spokesman said: "This is a serious incident and our thoughts are with the passengers and their families at this moment. |
| "We will carry out a full investigation to establish exactly how the accident occurred." | "We will carry out a full investigation to establish exactly how the accident occurred." |
| One onlooker estimated the bus had come to a stop with a front wheel resting on a gravestone. | |
| 'Smashed up' | |
| It is thought at least 50 gravestones were damaged in the crash, as the bus veered off the road and down a steep slope. | |
| "The front of the bus is all smashed up," said the witness. | |
| "There's loads of police here and council workers." | |
| A spokeswoman for Northumbria Police said: "Officers are at the scene where they have spoken to the driver. | |
| "We are investigating to see what has happened." | |
| A spokeswoman for North East Ambulance said: "It had the potential to be quite serious and it must have looked quite dramatic but there were only two casualties both with minor injuries." |