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Bus crashes into house in Sawley | |
(about 17 hours later) | |
A house has been severely damaged by a bus which crashed into it after colliding with a car. | A house has been severely damaged by a bus which crashed into it after colliding with a car. |
Gordon Plummer was having a cup of coffee in the lounge of his Derbyshire home at about 13:00 BST when he heard a noise "like a loud explosion". | |
He said he was horrified when he opened his lounge door and found the passage and stairs blocked by rubble. | He said he was horrified when he opened his lounge door and found the passage and stairs blocked by rubble. |
Police are investigating the crash, which happened in Beresford Road, Sawley, near Long Eaton. | |
Mr Plummer said: "I was in the blitz in Sheffield, so I was quite used to all these explosions." | Mr Plummer said: "I was in the blitz in Sheffield, so I was quite used to all these explosions." |
He had just finished eating lunch when it happened. | He had just finished eating lunch when it happened. |
"I leapt up, opened the lounge door and, much to my horror, the whole of the passageway and the stairs was blocked by rubble," he said. | "I leapt up, opened the lounge door and, much to my horror, the whole of the passageway and the stairs was blocked by rubble," he said. |
"I thought, 'I had better get out of here'. I made my way into the next door's garden and I noticed I had a bus at the side of me." | "I thought, 'I had better get out of here'. I made my way into the next door's garden and I noticed I had a bus at the side of me." |
Police said the Trent Barton bus had collided with a Ford Ka, then left the road. | Police said the Trent Barton bus had collided with a Ford Ka, then left the road. |
The bus and car drivers both received minor injuries but did not need to go to hospital. | The bus and car drivers both received minor injuries but did not need to go to hospital. |
There was only one passenger on the bus, who was not injured. | There was only one passenger on the bus, who was not injured. |
Police said the damage to the house would have to be assessed by a structural engineer before the bus could be removed. | Police said the damage to the house would have to be assessed by a structural engineer before the bus could be removed. |
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