Dramatic photos show the aftermath of a bus crash which left eight people needing medical attention.
The H25 service smashed into a block of flats in Feltham, west London, on Monday afternoon (10/11).
Paramedics were called to the scene at Appleton House block of flats, opposite Feltham Station, just before 4pm and treated eight people for injuries, including two children.
Driving instructor Alejandro Bueno-Humphrey, 34, was on his way home from work at around 5pm when he stumbled across the aftermath of the crash.
He said: “To be honest, looking at it I was a bit shocked.
“I can’t tell you what happened – I know sometimes technical faults and things happen – I don’t know what happened, but I’m shocked as to how it happened.
“Apparently it was really quick coming out of there.
“Usually you see them struggling to turn out, but none of them go quick.
Dad-of-two Alejandro witnessed emergency services cutting down a lamppost as a tow-truck tried to remove the bus from the side of the four-storey block.
Alejandro added: “I saw the tow-truck show up and I saw them pulling it out – it was on top of the railing, it had properly gone in to it.
“When they were pulling it out, it ripped the bumper off and they had to kick the windscreen out.
“Then the police were picking the glass up, it really ploughed straight into it.
“I spoke to the guy whose flat it was, he’d come home from work and I saw his reaction – he was obviously super annoyed.
“He had to get someone to come in and show the damage inside, apparently it damaged the wall inside the flat as well.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson told MyLondon: “We were called at 3.46pm yesterday (10 November) to reports of a road traffic collision in New Road, Feltham.
“We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, paramedics in fast response cars, an incident response officer and our Hazardous Area Response Team.
”We treated eight patients at the scene, including two children.
“We took one of the adults to hospital for further treatment and the rest were discharged at the scene.”
London Fire Brigade said: “We were called at 1559 hrs yesterday (10 November) to a report of a road traffic collision involving a bus on Station Approach in Feltham.
“The bus had collided with a building and street furniture. The incident caused minor damage to a balcony.
“No one was trapped but several people were assessed at the scene by London Ambulance Service, with a small number of patients taken to hospital as a precaution.
“Firefighters assisted emergency service colleagues in making the scene safe.
“Two fire engines from Feltham Fire Station and a fire rescue unit from Heston Fire Station attended the scene.”
TfL and Hounslow Council have been contacted for comment.
