Eleven hurt following Coventry bus crash

[dutchman]

Eleven people have been treated for injuries after two buses were involved in a crash at a Coventry bus station.


The incident involving a single decker and double decker bus happened at Pool Meadow bus station on Fairfax Street, the ambulance service said.

Four of the 11 injured were taken to hospital after the crash, which happened at about 1240 BST on Saturday.

The other seven people were treated at the scene for multiple minor injuries.

[StevieG]

Bit puzzled how this could happen

[dutchman]

Bedworth bus driver guilty of causing crash at Pool Meadow in Coventry

A BUS driver has been convicted of driving without due care and attention following a crash in Coventry in which 11 people were hurt.

Philip Haughton, 39, of Downing Crescent, Bedworth, denied the charge but was convicted after a trial at Coventry Magistrates Court.

It followed a crash between Haughton’s single decker bus and a double-decker bus at Pool Meadow bus station, in Fairfax Street, in July 2010. Eleven people suffered minor injuries. The court heard Haughton failed to conduct proper observations and failed to carry out an emergency stop to avoid the collision.

He was fined £120, given six points and ordered to pay £200 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.