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Two in hospital after bus roof 'taken off by tree'

PA Media Social media image shows red double decker bus with the roof torn off. It is parked on a residential street and a child wearing a coat can be seen next to it.PA Media
Images of the aftermath posted on social media appeared to show that the roof of the bus had been ripped off

Two people have been taken to hospital after a bus hit a tree and its roof was "taken clean off".

The incident happened on Hedgemans Road in Dagenham, east London, at about 10:00 GMT, the Metropolitan Police said.

Images of the aftermath posted on social media appeared to show that the roof of the bus had been ripped off.

Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene where they found two injured women who were taken to hospital as a precaution, the Met said.

Jade Harding A view of the roof of the bus lying on the road in a tree-lined residential road. It is surrounded by associated debrisJade Harding
A witness said the bus had its roof "taken clean off"

Their injuries are not life-threatening nor life-changing, the force added.

Stevie Fletcher, who lives nearby, said: "I heard sirens and looked out of my window to see emergency services just up the road.

"I went to have a look and the bus roof had been taken clean off, apparently by a tree."

Police inquiries into the cause of the crash continue.

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