Pembrokeshire: 'Major incident' declared after collision involving 52-seater bus on Cleddau Bridge

September 05, 2023

A driver has been flown to hospital via air ambulance after a crash involving a 52-seater bus in Wales.

Fire crews extracted the "severely trapped" driver after the crash on the Cleddau Bridge in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

The crash - which sparked emergency services to declare a "major incident" - also involved a car.

Several of the bus passengers suffered injuries. Many of them were taken to hospital by road ambulances and police vehicles, emergency services said.

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the incident at 2.19pm.

Five fire crews were in attendance - from Pembroke Dock, Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Tenby and Narberth.

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The incident is ongoing and emergency services say more information will be released when available.

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at approximately 2.14pm, to reports of a road traffic collision on the A477.

"We sent five emergency ambulances, one duty operations manager, one Cymru High Acuity Response Unit and non-emergency patient transport service vehicles to the scene.

"We were supported by colleagues from the Wales Air Ambulance."

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