Bus crashes into residential garage. 64 Leeds

[Bayum]

A bus on the 64 route has reversed into a garage of a homeowner causing severe damage to the property and the demolition of the garag.

Live updates as bus ploughs into garage in Cross Gates during rush hour

A bus has crashed into a residential garage in the Pendas Fields area of Cross Gates, closing Smeaton Approach in both directions.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

 

[ACBest]

Hang on, if it’s reversed into the garage, where did the front end damage come from?

 

[LucyP]

It's a Connexions bus. It has certainly made a Connexion with the garage! Scania built the bus better than the builder built the garage. The bus looks to be hardly damaged, yet the garage is demolished! Good to see all the windows open on the bus to help with ventilation for Corona!

 

[theblackwatch]

Not a good day for Connexions. Must admit I am totally confused how the whole incident has happened. I wonder if the bus has actually first driven through the wall. It is fortunate that there appear to be no injuries - perhaps due to there being fewer people travelling than normal.

 

[LucyP]

Nothing is faster than a Connexions driver! If you want to pose, buy a Ferrari. If you want to get there quickly, use a Connexions bus! I assume that the driver was attempting a 3 point turn for some reason?

 

[theblackwatch]

A comment on the BBC Yorkshire Facebook page states the driver had a seizure. Hopefully he/she's ok, although I'm sure they will be severely shaken by it.

 

[swifty]

Hang on, if it’s reversed into the garage, where did the front end damage come from?

Has it mounted the verge and driven through the boundary wall of the property and then reversed into the garage?

 

[bluenoxid]

It doesn’t feel like it has reversed into the garage based on what is being shown but without being there, it is difficult to say much.

 

[duncombec]

A comment on the BBC Yorkshire Facebook page states the driver had a seizure. Hopefully he/she's ok, although I'm sure they will be severely shaken by it.

Indeed, tempting though it it to make jokes (I had one in my mind myself about blaming Transdev), it's important to remember that nobody being taken to hospital doesn't necessarily mean that there wasn't a medical background to the incident.

 

[grangergranger]

15 photos which show devastation as bus ploughs into house in Leeds street

A bus company has launched an investigation after one of its vehicles crashed through a wall and destroyed part of a family home.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

More Images. I don't know really if the bus reversed. The front of the bus is more damaged than the back.

 

[pdeaves]

15 photos which show devastation as bus ploughs into house in Leeds street

A bus company has launched an investigation after one of its vehicles crashed through a wall and destroyed part of a family home.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

More Images. I don't know really if the bus reversed. The front of the bus is more damaged than the back.

Is it possible that the rear lifted such that the very front hit the road, 'compressing' the front window (i.e. weight not taken on front wheels any more)? It does seem very odd that the damage is at the 'wrong' end, almost as though someone made a model and put it on the scenery incorrectly.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

I think if you look at Streetview

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the vehicle has come round the corner, across a verge, gone through a side fence and wiped out a corner of the garage before coming to rest.

 

[skyhigh]

I saw a photo that clearly showed tyre tracks over the grass verge - the bus has gone forward over the verge and through the garage wall, it hasn't reversed into anything.