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
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Your support makes all the difference.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.”