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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sarah Marsh

Double-decker bus ploughs into garden in south London

The scene at the corner of Grayscroft Road and Streatham Vale in South London where a 118 bus crashed into a house on December 26th. The house was empty at the time, the tenants who lived there having a lucky escape as they had vacated the premises on Christmas Eve.
The scene at the corner of Grayscroft Road and Streatham Vale in South London where a 118 bus crashed into a house on December 26th. The house was empty at the time, the tenants who lived there having a lucky escape as they had vacated the premises on Christmas Eve. Photograph: Paul Davey/SWNS

A double-decker bus has crashed into a garden in south London, leaving one person in hospital and three with minor injuries.

The 118 bus, which runs between Morden station and Brixton in the south of the capital, hit the property in Streatham Vale shortly before 9pm on Boxing Day.

A spokeswoman for London ambulance service said: “We were called to reports of a bus colliding with a car and a house and we sent numerous resources. Three people were treated at the scene for minor injuries; one person was taken to hospital by ambulance.”

People have tweeted images of the crash, with some showing damage to cars and a bus stationary in the front garden.

One person said the bus narrowly missed his car:

The Metropolitan police said no arrests had been made.

A bus crash in Croydon, south London, last month left a teenage girl in a critical condition and 19 other people injured. The driver was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs after his 198 Arriva bus collided with a car and a single-decker bus before crashing into a shelter at West Croydon bus station after mounting the pavement.

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