Shocked passengers had their journey cut short earlier today when the bus they were on collided with a tree in Rotherhithe.
Just after rush hour at around 10am this morning (Wednesday November 9), a number 188 bus collided with a tree on Rotherhithe Old Road by Surrey Quays tube station.
Fortunately, no passengers or the bus driver were injured.
A spokesperson for London Ambulance said crews were dispatched, but it was “a damage-only incident, meaning that there were no injured patients to treat.”
Police and London Fire Brigade were also on the scene.
One witness told the News that the bus driver had to be rescued by the Fire Brigade as the impact was so hard it buckled her cabin. He added that she did not appear to be injured, but was shaken up. “She could not get out her cabin until the fire brigade arrived to wrench it open. I was told it happened as a vehicle, in a hurry, swerved in front of her bus.”
Kestutis, who works in the Eastern European grocery shop, Saulute, opposite the scene, said: “I just heard a really loud crash and I thought my bins had fallen over. I went out and saw what happened.
“The ambulances came, but luckily no-one seemed hurt,” he added.
Only the bus appeared to come away with any sort of injury.
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