London double-decker bus crashes into building, passengers injured

Reuters Staff

 

Emergency services attend the scene of a bus crash in Lavender Hill, London August 10, 2017 in this picture obtained on social media. Brendan Phalhert/Social Media Website/via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A double-decker bus crashed into a building in south London, British police said on Thursday, injuring a number of people and trapping two passengers inside.

 

The Metropolitan Police said they had been called to reports of a collision on Lavender Hill, near London's busy Clapham Junction train station.

 

"The driver has been taken to a south London hospital. A number of passengers were treated by LAS (London Ambulance Service) at the scene," police said in a statement.

 

"Two passengers remain trapped on the upper deck. The road is currently closed to traffic."

 

Reporting by Alistair Smout, editing by Estelle Shirbon

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-8-10

Nothing New Here,It's happening on a REGULAR Basis......

33 minutes ago, Nong Khai Man said:

Nothing New Here,It's happening on a REGULAR Basis......

Sadly true.

New bus safety targets 'needed urgently' after 25 London deaths in two years, transport report says

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The report said Transport for London should revise its bonus scheme for senior staff to bring in a direct link between bus safety and performance-related pay.

 

It said 25 people were killed “on, or by buses” in the past two years. Two thirds of these were pedestrians.

 

It partly blamed the deaths on high levels of driver stress, tiredness and frequent interruptions from control centre and passengers. Nearly 12,000 Londoners were injured over the same period. The London Assembly report urged TfL to rewrite its contracts with bus operators. The existing terms reward drivers for meeting punctuality targets rather than safety ones. 

 

They should bring back the 2 person crew. The driver drives and the conductor collects fares
Bud bud ding ding all aboard the bus please.

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Sky News is reporting that the bus driver lost consciousness and blacked out immediately before the crash:

 

http://news.sky.com/story/double-decker-crashes-into-lavender-hill-shop-in-london-10981844

 

Sounds all too reminiscent of the Glasgow bin lorry crash in 2014 - apart from the fact that no lives were, fortunately, lost on this occasion:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Glasgow_bin_lorry_crash

 

If it was South London he probably swerved to avoid a Pearly King

 

Last May, the quick reactions of a bus driver saved a woman's life after she was pushed into the path of a bus on Putney bridge by a jogger.

 

 

Putney Bridge jogger: police arrest man, 50, in hunt for runner who pushed woman into path of bus

They should bring back the 2 person crew. The driver drives and the conductor collects fares
Bud bud ding ding all aboard the bus please.

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Yep, Reg Varney and his clippy had it sorted!!

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