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RE: First Manchester

(20/07/2012 18:00)Damien Wrote:  

(20/07/2012 17:19)mic Wrote:  

(20/07/2012 17:05)SF07 Wrote:  40381 has been involved in accident on the 350 this afternoon in Mossley:

From M.E.N:

At least 10 injured as bus crashes into wall at Mossley railway station


A bus packed with passengers has smashed into the wall of a railway station in Mossley.

The single-decker bus was driving up Stamford Road shortly after 12.30pm today when the driver lost control and ploughed into the stone wall.

The front of the bus, the 350 service to Ashton, was severely damaged after hitting the wall, which is part of Mossley station.

At least 10 people travelling on the bus were injured, an ambulance service spokeswoman said.

Five people have been taken to Tameside Hospital.

Three are said to have minor injuries, while the other two were put on a spinal board - although it is not known how serious their injuries are. Three people were taken to Royal Oldham Hospital with minor injuries.

Some of the walking wounded were treated by paramedics at a nearby doctor's surgery, according to witnesses. Fire fighters and ambulance workers led injured passengers to safety through an emergency exit at the back of the bus because the normal exit was unusable.

Alison Hobson, the landlady at the Britannia pub nearby, said: "I was just interviewing someone for a bar job position when we noticed all the commotion with police cars, fire and ambulances."

Greater Manchester Police have closed the top of Stamford Road, causing traffic jams.

All emergency services are still at the scene and the bus has not been moved.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningn...ay-station

bet it will be withdrawn now they did the same with 40339 could another old dart come in its place

Terrible I hope the passengers, were not to badly hurt, god knows what happened to come together with a wall. Id say it would be withdrawn.

I think possibly

Replacements

Me thinks either 40371 or 40372 maybe both, as 40370 is there

outside bets

40340
40342
40344

or 42178 from Huddersfield the left P-HPU in service over there