Eight hurt after double decker bus roof torn off

Eight radical person been taken to infirmary aft a treble decker autobus crashed into a railway span tearing its extortion disconnected successful Kilmarnock.

Emergency services were called to the collision connected Macphail Drive, adjacent Culzean Crescent, successful Kilmarnock astatine astir 14:00 and constabulary sealed disconnected the area.

Footage of the country posted connected societal media showed radical lasting connected apical of the roofless autobus adjacent the bridge, which is marked for vehicles beneath a definite height.

It comes conscionable days aft different treble decker autobus crashed into a railway span successful Glasgow, leaving 1 antheral captious successful hospital.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service confirmed 1 ambulance and 3 effect teams were dispatched to the country astatine 13:55.

Police Scotland aboriginal confirmed 8 radical had been taken to infirmary successful total, though determination were nary reports of superior injuries.

A spokesperson for the unit said inquiries into the clang were ongoing.

The fig six Stagecoach bus, which was heading to Bellfield successful Kilmarnock, travelled nether the span astatine Macphail Drive.

The extortion of the autobus was wholly torn disconnected and remained down portion the conveyance passed done the tunnel.

A motion adjacent the span states it is not suitable for vehicles implicit 8ft 3ins (2.5m) high.

A teen who was connected the apical platform of the autobus said helium was inactive successful daze aft the incident.

He said determination were astir 11 teenagers connected the precocious level.

He told BBC Scotland News: "We were expected to instrumentality a close but the autobus operator took a wholly antithetic way and went nether the railway bridge, which we're not expected to do.

"The autobus was going astatine immoderate speed, astir 30 oregon 40mph.

"The operator was hitting the brakes the full mode done and the full extortion of the autobus got taken off. It conscionable got crushed and solid went everywhere, I tin consciousness the solid connected me.

"People connected the autobus knew it was going to hap earlier it happened. It was truly scary."

The lad said helium was not severely injured, but helium had a sore cervix and scratches from the smashed glass.

"I can't explicate the sound, it was similar a monolithic crashing dependable each the mode done the bridge," helium added.

"And past proceeding each the solid falling and feeling it, it was horrible."

Joshua Hollywood, who lives other the bridge, said radical successful the country came retired to assistance those connected the bus.

He said: "There was a mates of radical injured, thing excessively atrocious convey god. A fewer cuts and scrapes.

"The kids were beauteous shook up but the ambulances got present beauteous promptly.

"People from crossed the road, everyone that was successful the area, each came retired to effort and assistance the kids that were successful danger."

A Stagecoach West Scotland spokesperson confirmed the autobus had struck a debased bridge.

They said investigations were ongoing and the autobus institution was moving intimately with police.

The conveyance was aboriginal removed from the country

ScotRail confirmed that nary obstruction services are affected.

Network Rail engineers inspected the span - a spokesperson aboriginal said it had not sustained immoderate structural damage.