Pic:13 people were hurt when the bus veered off the pavement
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A woman was pinned under a double decker bus which mounted the pavement while trying to avoid a car crash, witnesses said today.
Thirteen other people who are understood to have been on board the bus were also hurt in the crash in Ladbroke Grove.
Emergency services rushed to the scene after the woman was hit by the double-decker near the junction with Canal Way just before noon on Thursday.
The woman was trapped under the vehicle. Dramatic pictures show the bus crashed on the pavement with dozens of police officers and paramedics working nearby.
A total of 14 people, including the driver of the bus, were injured in the collision. Police said the victims' injuries were not life threatening or changing.
The woman who was trapped has since been taken to hospital after being released by fire crews.
Personal trainer Karim Roundi, 25, who lives opposite the crash scene said he was on a lunch break when he witnessed the collision.
He told the Standard: “Someone stepped out onto a pedestrian crossing and a car slammed on its brakes.
“The car behind went into the back of it and the bus swerved out of the way to avoid colliding into them.
“It lost control and went up onto the pavement and hit a block of flats.
“I didn’t realise it hit a woman at first"
“The top window was smashed so I think people on the top deck must have been hurt as well, you could see them getting off the bus.
“There was a lot of screaming when it happened. I went to Sainsbury’s and came back to see police had locked off the road.”
A police spokesman said: “Emergency services are dealing with a collision in Ladbroke Grove.
“Police were called at 11:51hrs on Thursday, 17 November to Ladbroke Gove near the junction with Canal Way, W10.
“It was reported that a bus had been in collision with a pedestrian.
“London Ambulance Service and London fire Brigade attended.
“A female was reported trapped, she has been taken to a central London hospital; her condition awaits.
“Road closures are in place while emergency services deal.”
Worker Ali Nabi Nur said an air ambulance landed in Emslie Horniman Pleasance park off Bosworth Road.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 11.51am today to reports of a road traffic collision at Ladbroke Grove.”
“We sent multiple resources to the scene, including four ambulance crews, a single responder in a car, an incident response officer and our Hazardous Area Response Team. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. The first of our medics arrived at the scene in under six minutes.
“We are treating a number of patients and more information will follow.”
Tony Akers, TfL’s Head of Bus Operations, said: “Just before midday today, a route 52 double deck bus, operated by Metroline, was involved in a collision with a pedestrian at the junction of Ladbroke Grove and Canal Way.
“Emergency services attended the scene. There will be a full investigation into the incident.”
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