US EditionBus driver arrested after 20 people injured in Manchester crash
ECCLES, GREATER MANCHESTER, JUL 22 – A bus driver was arrested after failing to heed low bridge warnings, causing 20 injuries including three serious cases, Greater Manchester Police said.
- On Monday July 21, 2025 at around 3pm, a double-decker bus collided with the Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct on Barton Lane in Eccles, injuring 20 people.
- Greater Manchester Police said the bus failed to comply with height restriction warnings, including hanging chains and signage, leading to the crash.
- North West Ambulance Service said the bus’s top level was torn off while dispatching ten ambulances, advanced paramedics, its Hazard Area Response Team and air ambulance.
- Greater Manchester Police confirmed the bus driver, a man in his 50s, was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury and bailed pending further investigations.
- Transport for Greater Manchester has launched an immediate and urgent investigation into why the bus was off-route, and Greater Manchester Police's serious collision investigation unit is appealing for witnesses and footage.
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