Driver arrested after 20 left injured following Croydon bus crash

A bus driver has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after a 15-year-old girl was left in a critical condition following a bus crash in south London.

The 198 bus hit a car, another bus, then collided with a bus shelter at West Croydon bus station around 12.20pm on Sunday.

The teenage girl - who was a passenger on the bus - is in a critical condition in hospital.

Police and an air ambulance were called and 19 other people were treated for minor injuries at the scene.

The bus driver is in custody at a south London police station.

A Met Police spokesperson said: "Police were called at approximately 12:20hrs on Sunday, 11 November to reports of the collision in Station Road, Croydon.

"At this early stage it is believed a route 198 double-decker bus had been in collision with a car, another bus and a bus shelter at the location.Officers, London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance all attended the scene.

"A girl, believed aged 15 and a passenger on the route 198 bus, was treated at the scene for injuries before being taken to a south London hospital.

"She remains there in a critical condition. Her next of kin have been informed.

"A number of other people were treated at the scene for minor injuries.A man - the driver of the bus - has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and remains in custody at a south London police station."

Police are continuing to investigate the crash.