Three “high-priority” patients have been taken to hospital after a double decker bus left the road and ended up in a river.
Emergency services were called to Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, at 10.07am on Thursday after the Bluestar bus left the road.
A South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said that it scrambled two helicopters and five ambulances to the scene, with three patients taken to hospital and 14 treated at the scene with less serious injuries.
We are on scene of an RTC in Bishopstoke Eastleigh.
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The spokesman said: “We have sent multiple units to the incident including five ambulances, two helicopters, and specialist response units.
“We’re continuing to support and assess patients on scene. All patients have been removed from the bus. Three high priority patients are being taken to hospital. Around 14 with less serious injuries are being treated on scene.”
A Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “We are on scene of an RTC involving one double decker bus that went off the road in Bishopstoke, Eastleigh.
“Fire crews from Eastleigh, St Mary’s, Redbridge, Hightown and Portchester are in attendance alongside emergency service colleagues.
“People are asked to avoid the area to help emergency services deal with this incident.”
