Bus passengers suffered shock and minor injuries

Several passengers suffered minor injuries and shock, one passenger in the most vulnerable seat was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Jersey Fire and Rescue say the impact was sufficient to peel back a portion of the vehicles roof to the first row of seating which were occupied.

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CT Plus: 'Our primary concern is the safety of our customers'

CT Plus has met with passengers who were on the bus that crashed into the Liberation Station last night.

General Manager, Kevin Hart, said they're all very grateful that the passengers are all okay and they only suffered minor cuts.

There're all okay, minor cuts, which we're all very grateful for so business as usual but our primary concern is always for the customers, always for the safety of our customers and that doesn't change, it will never change so it's lovely that we reassured them and everything was okay, they're reassured by the service and are back out travelling today.

– Kevin Hart, General Manager CT Plus

Bus passenger describes terrifying moment of impact

A bus passenger has described the terrifying moment a double decker bus crashed into Liberation Station last night.

Paul Kelly was sitting at the front of the vehicle with his two sons when he heard a loud bang and passengers realised the bus had hit the corner of a building.

Four people were injured as a result of the accident, one was taken to hospital after glass from the top deck window was sprayed across passengers.

The fire service say the impact was enough to peel back part of the roof at the front of the bus.

An investigation is currently underway.

My two sons were sitting at the front and suddenly there was a loud bang and we realised that the bus had hit the corner of the building and shattered glass everywhere, it's quite shocking really but thankfully my two sons were okay, they were my main concern because they were right in front of me.

– Paul Kelly, passenger

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Further details emerge regarding bus crash

Credit: Jersey Fire and Rescue

More details have emerged from Tuesday evening's bus crash at Liberation Station.

Several passengers suffered minor injuries and shock, one passenger in the most vulnerable seat was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Jersey Fire and Rescue say the impact was sufficient to peel back a portion of the vehicles roof to the first row of seating which were occupied.

Although we had a very small part to play in this operation, this was a really impressive response to a major event that would have tested other much larger communities, combined with the good fortune of so few injuries in a crash that could easily have been so much worse, leaves us all feeling very pleased with the outcome.

– Station commander Clive Russell

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