Pedestrian injured as double decker bus crashes into building in busy London high street

A double decker bus apparently hit a pedestrian before crashing into a building in west London .

The pedestrian was injured in the incident before the bus struck the building in Hayes on Friday evening.

Footage shared online appears to show the H98 bus to Hounslow hit the side of the building after apparently losing control as it turned at a roundabout.

The unverified clip shows the bus collide with a car and strike a man walking across the road before crashing.

Police and firefighters attended the scene on Station Road, with crowds gathering around the crash.

First Bus London said there were no passengers on board the bus when it crashed near Hayes and Harlington station at around 7.30pm.

The bus crashed in Hayes UB1UB2 / Instagram The driver suffered a minor injury and a pedestrian was also treated for minor injuries, the operator told London Bus Forum News.

The company said emergency services attended the scene and that damage to the building had been confirmed as non structural, the website reported.

It said the circumstances surrounding the collision would be fully investigated and that it would support the relevant authorities with their enquiries.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 7.02pm on Friday, 28 August, to reports of a road traffic collision involving a bus crashing into a building on Station Road, Hayes, UB3.

“We dispatched multiple ambulance crews to the scene. We treated a male at the scene, who was later discharged.”

A TfL spokesperson said: "Our thoughts are with the person who was injured when a bus collided with a building in Hayes and Harlington earlier today.

“Safety is our top priority and we and the bus operator, First Bus are assisting the police to establish what happened.”

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