Lucky escape after Coventry bus crash this morning - The Coventry Observer

Lucky escape after Coventry bus crash this morning

Coventry Editorial 18th Oct, 2022 Updated: 19th Oct, 2022   0

A DRIVER and passengers had a lucky escape when a bus crashed in Coventry this morning.

The incident happened in London Road around 9.05am when the bus collided with a mobile monopole phone mast and cabinet.

West Midlands Ambulance Service and Coventry Police attended.

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A WMAS spokesperson said an ambulance and paramedic officer were sent to the scene where the driver had sustained minor injuries.




He was given self-care advice and was discharged at the scene.

There were no other injuries reported.


A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: “We were called at 9.15am today (October 18) to reports of a bus which had crashed into a communications mast on London Road, Willenhall, in Coventry.

The coach driver received minor injuries.

 

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