Mainstream Way, Nechells, Wolverhampton Road, Walsall | 19 Feb 2012
Two people have been taken to hospital and over a dozen were assessed by medics at the scene of two separate incidents involving buses this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called Mainstream Way in Nechells just after 4.30pm following reports of up to six passengers injured after a bus apparently stopped suddenly. In a separate collision in Walsall between a van and bus, ten passengers were reported injured.
In Nechells, an ambulance and paramedic officer in a rapid response car attended the scene and assessed the passengers.
On Wolverhampton Road, Walsall, a collision between a van and bus resulted in two men being treated for minor injuries before being conveyed to Walsall Manor Hospital.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman, said: “The ambulance service attended two separate incidents involving buses within a minute of each other.
“All passengers involved in the Nechells incident where assessed on scene and later released with no patients requiring hospital treatment.
“Ambulance crews and doctors from the Care Team assessed bus passengers in Walsall and later conveyed two male patients to Walsall Manor for further assessment.”
