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It's happened at one of the town's busiest junctions



A bus has crashed in to the front of a shop in Bedworth town centre.

The incident has happened at the busy junction of Mill Street, Newtown Road and Park Road, near to the Aldi and Tesco supermarkets.

CoventryLive understands the shop that has been hit is Tweezers.

There's still congestion in the area, but traffic is moving a lot more freely.

Newtown Road, heading into Bedworth, is still a little slow, as is Park Road northbound.

Mill Street is still closed eastbound, between its junction with Church Way and George Street Ringway.

And it's still pretty busy on the other side of the road heading out of the town centre.

Charlotte Jenny, who saw the aftermath of the incident, said: "I was walking up the road towards Tesco and saw the bus in the window of the shop - I was very shocked.

"There were people stood beside it which I assumed were the passengers. They flagged down a police car and an ambulance. The paramedics went to tend to someone."

Bedworth shop crash bus driver had 'suspected medical episode'



The driver of a bus that crashed into a beauty salon is believed to have had a "suspected medical episode".

The bus crashed into the front of Tweezers Beauty on Mill Street, Bedworth, on Thursday.

Staff were inside Tweezers Beauty at the time of the crash but were unhurt and said they were "glad everyone was safe".

The ambulance service were called to the scene at 16:53 GMT and Warwickshire Fire Service said it sent two crews.

The driver was taken to Good Hope Hospital for further assessment.

Bus firm Stagecoach Midlands said he is "undergoing tests and is in a stable condition".

Vicky Smith, a senior technician who was in the shop at the time of the incident said: "We were doing nails when a colleague of mine saw the bus coming towards the shop."

"It didn't seem real."

Staff ran to the back of the shop, she added.

"Luckily the metal barriers outside the front of the shop stopped the bus coming through the front window."

Ms Smith added she saw the driver's head was slumped at the wheel.

Mick Brennon, the owner of Shoebox next door, said he saw the bus come across the road with passengers banging on the window who shouted "shut the engine off".

Mr Brennon added the bus had come to a stand still when he pressed a button at the side of the vehicle which seemed to stop the engine.

"One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene," said West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS).

"On arrival we discovered a male patient, the bus driver, who was treated for a suspected medical episode," they added.