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Double decker bus crashes into bridge in Manchester
ECCLES, GREATER MANCHESTER, JUL 21 – Fifteen people were injured after a double-decker bus failed to heed height warnings and struck the Bridgewater Canal aqueduct, tearing off its roof, officials said.
- On Monday afternoon, July 21, at approximately 3pm, a double-decker bus struck a bridge near where Barton Road meets Trafford Road in Eccles, Manchester.
- Emergency services received a call at 15:06, declared a major incident, and dispatched ten ambulances, advanced paramedics, HART, and North West Air Ambulance to the scene.
- The collision ripped off the bus roof, injured 15 people including one critically and two seriously hurt, and caused road closures with public advised to avoid the area.
- The initial emergency team arrived promptly at 15:10, and all 15 patients received treatment before being transported to either Salford Royal Hospital or Manchester Royal Infirmary.
- North West Ambulance Service has withdrawn the major incident declaration while still providing support to Greater Manchester Police and Stagecoach as a prompt investigation is ongoing.
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Dramatic video shows Manchester bus roof sheared off by low bridge
Barton Lane in Eccles, Greater Manchester: Fifteen people have been injured, some seriously, after a double-decker bus crashed into a low bridge on Barton Lane
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