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Man and woman seriously injured by bus in Glasgow city centre | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A man and woman - believed to be in their 50s or 60s - have been seriously injured by a bus in central Glasgow. | |
They were struck by a double-decker First Glasgow service, at the corner of Argyle and Queen Street, at 14:30. | |
Both casualties have since been removed from under the bus and taken to the city's Royal Infirmary. | |
Eyewitnesses described "horrific" and "hysterical" scenes in the aftermath. The road has been closed off and an investigation has got under way. | |
Eyewitness Jan Watson told the BBC: "We were coming out from Primark and we saw the bus coming along and going round the corner. | |
"It just stopped dead. We approached the crossing and people were coming round and we just followed the people. We saw a woman trapped underneath the wheel." | |
'Shouting and screaming' | |
She added: "There was a lot of shouting and screaming. A few people were hysterical because they had actually witnessed it. It was horrific. | |
"I saw part of the lady and saw something under the wheel which I have been told is an elderly man." | |
Jordan Macrae, 18, told BBC Scotland he was coming out of a shop on Argyle Street when the crash happened. | |
"From what we could see there was two people under the bus," he said. | |
"It was horrible. There was screaming. Everyone was on their phone trying to call the emergency services." | |
"Everyone was crowding round, trying to see if they could help. The people that went and helped were really good." | |
There was a major deployment of emergency services to the crash scene. | |
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it had up to 25 firefighters on the scene, who used airbags to release two people from underneath the bus. | |
A spokesman said: "Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews attended an incident in Queen Street in Glasgow city centre following a call from ambulance control around 2.35pm. | |
"Four appliances from Calton and Cowcaddens community fire stations attended the incident along with a heavy rescue vehicle from Easterhouse. | |
"The firefighters, who were working closely with paramedics and doctors, used airbags to release two people from beneath a bus. | |
"Both casualties were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary by ambulance." | |
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said they had "a number of ambulance crews" on the scene as well as a special operations team and a trauma team. | |
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "We received a report about 2.30pm that two people had been struck by a bus at the corner of Queen Street and Argyle Street in Glasgow. | |
"The road is closed with diversions in place." | "The road is closed with diversions in place." |
A spokeswoman for First Group said: "We can confirm an incident occurred this afternoon involving a First Glasgow service and two pedestrians. | A spokeswoman for First Group said: "We can confirm an incident occurred this afternoon involving a First Glasgow service and two pedestrians. |
"We are doing everything we can to support the emergency services and a full investigation to establish exactly what happened is under way." | "We are doing everything we can to support the emergency services and a full investigation to establish exactly what happened is under way." |