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Four injured after roof is ripped off London tour bus | Four injured after roof is ripped off London tour bus |
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A recently-married woman was among four people taken to hospital after the roof of a double-decker bus was ripped off in central London. | |
London Fire Brigade was called at 13:10 BST to Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, after a tour bus collided with a tree branch. | |
The injuries were reported to be "non-life threatening". | |
Roads around the site were closed, including nearby Tavistock Square - the scene of a bus attack in the 7 July 2005 London bombings. | |
Passenger Joseph Whelan, who was on board with his wife and two children, described the scene as "chaos" and said there was "blood all over the floor". | |
He said he had been sat close to a group of Canadians in the UK to attend the bride's wedding on Saturday. | |
In addition to those taken to hospital, a further nine people were checked over at the scene while fire crews had to lower one person down from the top deck of the bus. | |
Those on the top floor were also involved in patching up the injured with makeshift bandages before firefighters could lead them to safety. | |
London's Air Ambulance also attended the incident. | London's Air Ambulance also attended the incident. |
The bus was operated by Golden Tours, which was set up in 1984 and runs tours around London and to locations such as Bath and Stonehenge. |