""The driver was crawling out the front of the bus covered in blood. "We helped him out and dragged him over to the side. He was screaming, he was saying 'this F-ing bus, this F-ing bus'. And then he was asking if the passengers were OK. The worker said he then saw other passengers covered in blood and people fainting on the floor covered in glass.""
""So we just ran around, opened the door and tried to get people out, everyone who we could. Without the bollards, it would have run over us.""
""[It's a] miracle no one was killed. It's not every day a bus smashes three metres away from you and the driver's on the floor.""
At least 17 people, including the bus driver, were injured after a double-decker number 24 bus mounted the pavement near London Victoria station on Victoria Street at about 8.20am. The bus was travelling towards Hampstead Heath and struck multiple pedestrians. Two people were treated at the scene and 15 pedestrians and passengers were taken to hospital. The Metropolitan Police said no arrests have been made and no injuries were life-threatening. Three maintenance workers nearby described seeing passengers covered in blood, people fainting on broken glass, a shattered windscreen, and helping to evacuate those they could.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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