A bus carrying schoolchildren during Tuesday's morning rush hour crashed into a tree - with a branch shattering an upstairs window.
The number 27 bus was travelling from Hunter's Tryst towards the city centre at the time of the incident. One branch pierced the glass covering passengers with shards.
Images shared with Edinburgh Live show shattered glass strewn across seats.
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Lothian Buses have told Edinburgh Live that they are looking into the situation and Edinburgh Council said in response to a tweet that they have been in touch with the forestry team.
One eyewitness explained: "I was going to work on bus 27 from Hunter's Tryst going towards the city centre. Lothian Bus driver was trying to beat the traffic, instead of waiting on the traffic lights, he decided to go ahead on the Glenlockhart Road junction, on the left line, forcing the way through the tree brunches.
"The bus was full of children going to school. One of the windows smashed and shattered glass went all over the terrified kids.
"I went back up with some lady from the bus, we checked with the kids if they are ok and if no one was hurt, another few minutes passed and the driver didn't show up until almost everyone was already outside the bus. They were taking the bus behind to get to work, school.
"It is unacceptable how the driver handled this situation and that he was risking the health of the passengers. Someone could be hit with the tree brunch or blinded with the shattered glass.. and he didn't even bother to check."
Lothian Spokesperson said: “We are aware of an incident involving one of our vehicles on Colinton Road this morning and investigations into the matter are ongoing.”
Edinburgh Council have been contacted for comment.
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