Bus crash in Loughborough

Police are investigating after a bus and a coach crashed on the Old Ashby Road in Loughborough.

Officers were called just after 5.30pm on Saturday 27th April to a report of collision involving an Arriva double decker bus and a white single deck coach on the A512 Ashby Road.

The driver of the bus, who was reported to have been “ejected from the vehicle.” 

He is still being treated in hospital for his injuries which officers described as serious. 

A passenger on the bus sustained minor injuries.

Police said the coach driver was not injured and there were no passengers travelling on the coach.

A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police said: “At the time of the collision the bus was travelling along old Ashby Road onto the A512 while the coach was travelling on the A512 towards Loughborough.”

Detective Constable Alison Briance, the investigating officer, is appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the collision and hasn’t as yet spoken to police or anyone who may have seen the vehicles prior to the collision to get in touch.

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service we’re also in attendance at the scene as well as East Midlands Ambulance Service and the Air Ambulance.