Nine hurt as roof ripped from bus

Nine people were taken to hospital after a bus was driven into a bridge and its roof ripped off.

The Travel West Midlands double-decker bus hit the bridge in Corngreaves Road in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, just before noon on Saturday.

One teenage girl suffered a broken nose while another girl complained of head, neck and back pains.

They were taken to Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley along with seven others aged between five and 20.

A WMAS spokeswoman said: "Given that there were a number of passengers on the upper deck at the time of the crash, it is astonishing that patients were not more seriously injured as this clearly had the potential to cause more harm."

The 139 bus was en route from Halesowen bus station to the Merry Hill Centre when the crash happened.

It is not known yet whether it was on the correct route.

National Express said in a statement: "Our staff worked closely with the police at the scene of yesterday's accident in Cradley Heath.

"A full investigation into the cause of the accident will take place as soon as possible."

The driver was obviously on the wrong route otherwise it would always hit the roof of the bridge lmao

thats weird, wt a dozy guy

Definently on the wrong route and the bus driver must have been qwite dozy to not realise that his bus was not going to get under the bridge in one piece