Six taken to hospital after bus crash in south London

Six people have been taken to hospital after a crash in south London

Two double decker buses collided with one going into the front of Southwark Playhouse Borough

This happened on Newington Causeway just after 8 this morning

In a statement London Ambulance Service said:

“We were called at 8.06am to reports of a road traffic collision in Newington Causeway, SE1.

“We sent resources to the scene including ambulance crews, paramedics in fast response cars, advanced paramedics, an incident response officer and our Hazardous Area Response Team. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.

“We treated a number of patients at the scene and took six of them to hospital.”

No arrests have been made

The road is closed in both directions while emergency services continue to respond, the Metropolitan Police said.

"We care deeply about the safety of everyone who uses or works on our transport network and our thoughts are with the people who were injured in a bus collision this morning in Southwark," Lorna Murphy, TfL's director of buses, said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Safety is our top priority and we are working with the police and the operator, Go Ahead London, to establish what happened.

"This must have been a distressing incident for everyone involved and we have support available for anyone affected."

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