One person has died and 25 people have been injured
One woman in her sixties dies and 22 people are injured in double-decker bus tragedy: Terrified passengers left trapped as bus collides with two cars on the Isle of Wight
A woman in her 60s has died and 22 people have been injured after a double-decker bus crashed into two cars on the Isle of Wight this afternoon.
Nineteen people were taken to hospital, including four who were airlifted, after the collision on Forest Road in Newport at around 1pm.
Hampshire Police said three others, who were travelling in a red Fiat Bravo with the woman who died at the scene, were taken to hospital in a ‘serious condition’.
The bus driver, a man in his 50s, was also believed to have been seriously injured, while 10 of his passengers and four who were in a silver Mini Cooper were also taken to hospital.ADVERTISING
At least three air ambulances and at least 15 emergency service workers are also at the scene, with detectives investigating the cause.
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One person has died and 25 people have been injured after a double-decker bus hit two cars on Forest Road, near Newport Video playing bottom right…Click here to expand to full page
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At least 15 emergency service crews came to the scene and three helicopters also arrived from other counties in the UK
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Four fire engines and several members of their crew at the scene on the Isle of Wight
Extra staff have been called in to St Mary’s Hospital, Newport, which is asking people not to come to Accident and Emergency unless it is ‘absolutely necessary’.
Fire crews were this afternoon rescuing people from the wreckage on the single-carriageway road lined by trees and fields.
Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service group commander Justin Harden said: ‘My thoughts are with the deceased’s family, on behalf of everybody here.
‘It has been a significant incident, the like of which we have not seen for some time.’
Holidaymaker Alisha Smith, 23, said the double-decker hit a second car after colliding with a Mini that pulled into the road.
She said: ‘We were driving down the road. A Mini pulled out from a side road