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Double-decker bus crashes into front of London house on Boxing Day

Three people treated for minor injuries and fourth taken to hospital after 118 bus to Brixton crashes

Samuel Osborne
Thursday 27 December 2018 19:32 GMT
Double-decker London bus crashes into front garden

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A double decker bus smashed into the front of house in London on Boxing Day.

Three people were treated for minor injuries, while a fourth was taken to hospital.

The 118 bus service to Brixton crashed into a car and then the front of a home in Streatham Vale in south London just before 9pm on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for London Ambulance Service said: “At 8.55, we were called to the Streatham area to reports of a bus in collision with a house and car.

“We sent a number of resources to the scene.

“There were three patients with minor injuries, one of whom needed to be taken to hospital by ambulance.”

A spokesperson for the Met Police said: “Police were called at approximately 8.55pm on Wednesday, December 26 to reports of a bus in collision with a building in Streatham Vale.

“Officers and London Ambulance Service attended the scene.

“No reports of any serious injuries.

“No arrests; enquiries into the circumstances remain ongoing.”

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