By Ashley Young-
Five people were hospitalized, including three children and the bus driver, who had to be freed by fire crew, after police were called at around 8.20am to Selwyn Avenue in Highams Park where the 212 bus – which runs between Chingford and St James Street had collided with a white goods store.
The incident occurred on the corner of The Broadway and Selwyn Avenue in Highams Park.
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Medics from the London Ambulance service including a trauma team from the Air Ambulance were assessing and treating 19 patients at the scene, and five people – three children and two adults – were taken to hospital.
A young girl, thought to be aged 11 or 12, was said to have suffered ‘severe injuries’ after falling from the top of the stairs when a double-decker bus packed with schoolkids crashed into a brick wall beside On Appliances, a white goods shop.
Eyewitnesses claim they believe the driver ‘blacked out’ shortly before the bus crossed an island in the road and smashed into the shop at about 8.11am, and the driver of the bus had to be cut free from the wreckage.
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CCTV footage has captured the bus nearly hitting a woman as she crossed the road outside The Corner Café on The Broadway moments before the crash.
The clip, shared by café owner Eric Garip, 38, showed a pedestrian running to escape the path of the vehicle as it ploughed across a zebra crossing.
Five people were hospitalised, including three children and the bus driver, who had to be freed by fire crews
A police cordon is in place and roads in the area are closed.
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says his thoughts were with those affected by the “terrible” incident.
Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed the bus involved in this morning’s crash in Highams Park was a route 212 double-decker operated by Go-Ahead London.
Louise Cheeseman, TfL’s director of buses, said: “Our thoughts are with everyone involved in the bus collision in Highams Park this morning. We have support available to anyone affected by this incident and a full investigation is underway.”Locals said the crash sounded like a “large explosion” and schoolchildren were “scared and crying”
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan described it as a “terrible incident” while Chingford and Woodford Green MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith thanked the emergency services
The driver of the bus was trapped by his injuries and had to be freed using specialist equipment, the London Fire Brigade said.
Following the crash a London Ambulance Service spokesman said that five people were taken to hospital – including two adults and three children.
Emergency services at the scene on The Broadway in Highams Park, east London, where a number of people are being treated by paramedics from the London Ambulance Service after a bus collided with a building. Picture date: Tuesday January 25, 2022.
Ambulance crews, paramedics, a Hazardous Area Response Team and an air ambulance trauma team were sent to the scene to treat the “walking wounded”.
“Any who were injured have been receiving medical care. The parents of all students who were injured have been contacted,” the school said on Twitter.
“We are working closely with the emergency services and have our staff on the scene. We will inform parents of any further developments.”
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