Bus crashes into corner of house in Coventry

A double-decker bus has crashed into a house in Coventry



The bus was in collision with a car before it hit the property on Keresley Road, near to a roundabout, at about 07:00 GMT.

West Midlands Police said there were "only a handful of people on board" and that no-one was seriously injured.

Emergency services have now moved the vehicle from the side of the house and the road has reopened.

The bus driver, a 44-year-old man, had a minor injury to his knee and a 27-year-old passenger had a cut to his lower right leg.

Another passenger also had a minor injury.

The driver of a Land Rover Discovery, also thought to have been involved in the crash, was treated for shock.

In a statement, National Express Coventry said staff were "co-operating closely with the authorities in their investigations into this incident".

House 'moved two inches' in Coventry bus crash



A house hit by a double-decker bus was knocked off its footing and moved a couple of inches.

The ceilings in all the rooms collapsed in the smash and engineers had to be called in to make the building safe.

The bus was in collision with a car before it hit the property on Keresley Road, in Coventry, near to a roundabout at about 07:00 GMT on Monday morning.

No-one was seriously hurt and the owners are not thought to have been in at the time.

West Midlands Fire Service crew commander Peter Sheppard said the crash had "knocked the building off its footing", causing the house to move "a couple of inches".

The next door neighbours felt the effects of the crash. Jasmit Kapoor told the BBC she heard a "bang bang" and was very shocked.

"We opened the curtain and there was a bus inside the house," she said.

Bus passenger John Tate said his only concern was for the welfare of the bus driver.

"My main thought was the driver, was he alright. I was a bit scared for him, more than for me...I was walking so I knew I was alright."

The driver suffered a minor injury to his knee.

Emergency services moved the vehicle from the side of the house later that morning.

A taxi driver use to live there when I lived in Sadler Rd years ago . A couple of years ago they were always doing up that house seems its not meant to be .
I would like to know who put their windows in as not one window has been cracked or damaged yet the house it self now has a large crack running down the wall.

I can not see how the bus come to get the angle it did and do so much damage he must of been going at a speed or a failure this is nt the first should nt an investigation on the condition of the busses be done as did nt one go into Sainsburys out of control not that long ago another in the same street (Trinity St) prior or are the drivers inadiquetly taught.

I must agree with you Melisandre, something just doesn't feel 'right' with this story. The bus allegedly went over a traffic island, but still had enough momentum to do all that damage...?

It hit ripping all the signs up on the island to I am afraid I am no longer begining to trust the buses here any more .