Several people have been seriously hurt in a crash between a double-decker bus and a lorry in the Cambridgeshire Fens, ambulance crews said.
Up to 20 people were injured in the accident at about 07:30 BST on the A47 Thorney Road in Guyhirn.
The East of England Ambulance Service said its crews were “caring for several seriously injured patients”.
The air ambulance charity Magpas said it was called to a “major incident” and was treating up to 20 people.
Dan Cody from the charity said between 15 and 20 people had been treated for injuries of “varied severity” and “about half” had been taken to hospitals.
Hope all the injured recover fully and quickly. Hate that bloody stretch of road with a passion, I’m forever having the partially sighted pull out on me along there . Not wishing to go all TNCSI here but it shouldn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out what happened here.
Maybe he was looking into that early morning sun and failed to see the bus, or maybe he was maximum weight and slower than expected at pulling out of the yard and the bus failed to see him.
Rentadent:
Maybe he was looking into that early morning sun and failed to see the bus, or maybe he was maximum weight and slower than expected at pulling out of the yard and the bus failed to see him.
The shadows suggest it was the bus driver that was facing the sun, not the truck driver.
That’s an awful yard to get out of especially turning right. The road is straight both ways but it’s so busy you literally have to see the smallest gap and go no matter who you annoy by doing it. I imagine the haulage company will have some health and safety matters to answer to now.
Rentadent:
Maybe he was looking into that early morning sun and failed to see the bus, or maybe he was maximum weight and slower than expected at pulling out of the yard and the bus failed to see him.
The shadows suggest it was the bus driver that was facing the sun, not the truck driver.
You’re right, I didn’t look at the shadows, but I know how that sun is early in the morning and the first thing I looked at when I saw the photo was the time of the accident
Foreign truck turning right and not payed as much attention to the traffic from the right because he forgot which side of the road he should be turning onto?
nomiS36:
Foreign truck turning right and not payed as much attention to the traffic from the right because he forgot which side of the road he should be turning onto?
O how wrong you are, it’s a Bretts vehicle. Try no be too quick to judge.
nomiS36:
Foreign truck turning right and not payed as much attention to the traffic from the right because he forgot which side of the road he should be turning onto?
nomiS36:
Foreign truck turning right and not payed as much attention to the traffic from the right because he forgot which side of the road he should be turning onto?
Right hand drive Scania run by an English company.
nomiS36:
Foreign truck turning right and not payed as much attention to the traffic from the right because he forgot which side of the road he should be turning onto?
O how wrong you are, that’s one of Brett’s leaving ken Thomas yard, it might have had agency driver in,
CSI hat on, looks like he has pulled out of yard got it rolling and said ‘i ain’t stopping, it’s heavy’ all Brett’s have real time cameras, so they will know.
nomiS36:
Foreign truck turning right and not payed as much attention to the traffic from the right because he forgot which side of the road he should be turning onto?
Don’t know how you came to that conclusion the truck was leaving it’s own yard Brett’s it’s so sad for everybody concerned
How many times have you pulled out at a junction/roundabout to then see a vehicle racing towards you [emoji36]
Maybe If the bus driver was facing the sun then he would have seen the lorry late. Too late. Looking at how far the lorry is out then in normal conditions I’d say any vehicle could have either stopped or slowed enough for only a light impact.
. Not wishing to go all TNCSI here but it shouldn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out what happened here.