Bus crash horror as vehicle slams into hotel in horrendous scenes
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Emergency services have rushed to Manchester city centre after a bus crashed into a building.
Reports claim one person has been carried away on a stretcher and at least two people helped into ambulances, while white police tents remain at the scene. The incident is understood to have occurred at around 1:15pm today (October 16).
Images from the scene appear to show a bus having collided with the City Tower building. Fire engines and ambulances have also been spotted rushing to the scene.
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Eyewitnesses in Manchester have reported "horrendous" scenes following the crash. One person, a journalist at the Manchester Evening News, wrote on X: "I am in Piccadilly Gardens where there is a huge emergency services presence after a bus appears to have crashed into a building."
Another witness said: "A bus has just crashed into the front of a shop at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester, never seen so many emergency service vehicles in my life. Properly, properly horrendous".
A third wrote: "Whatever’s happened at Piccadilly Gardens looks really bad. Hope everyone is okay there."
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: “At 1:15pm today (Monday, October 16) two fire engines from Manchester Central and Salford fire stations as well as the technical response unit from Ashton fire station were called to an incident on Parker Street, Manchester City Centre. Crews remain in attendance.”
Images have already begun to circulate showing huge numbers of ambulances and emergency response vehicles in the area. Meanwhile, crowds of people can be seen watching on.
Bus stops and Metrolink stations in the immediate area around the crash are understood to have been closed. In a statement on its website, Transport for Greater Manchester said: "Due to an ongoing police incident involving a bus, Piccadilly Gardens is currently closed to all bus services. All buses are using alternative stops in the city centre. Metrolink services will not stop at Piccadilly Gardens."
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