Onlookers were left 'traumatised' and 'shaken' after a bus crashed into Mansfield Bus Station. The 'massive crash' happened on the evening of Thursday, October 6.
Pictures from the scene show the entry doors at the station smashed off of their hinges and debris from the crash all over the floor after the incident. Leah Bearder, 16, was waiting for a bus with her mother and sister when the collision took place.
She said has eft her scared to get the bus back to her house, while her mother was 'shaking the whole way home.'
Recounting the events, Leah said: "I was sat in the bus station with my mum and sister and the next minute we hear a massive crash and I could hear people screaming, shouting and swearing. I was so confused at the noise, so everyone went running, including me, to see what had just happened.
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"I looked at what the bus just did to the bus station, windows and door and I was so scared - I shaking at what just happened and my mind went completely blank. There wasn’t a bus driver or members of the public inside of the bus at the time of the incident.
"There was a woman with her baby in her arms that was sat at the chairs near the doors previously before the incident happened.
"I remember someone saying they need a first aid kit."
Stagecoach told the Mansfield Chad that no structural damage was done to Mansfield Bus Station, and there have been no reported injuries.
Leah continued: "A woman and man at the bus station that worked there came running over, they looked as shocked as the rest of us. The woman that was at the reception started shouting at everyone telling us to move.
"Soon after, a man approached the woman saying something along the lines as ‘why are you shouting at us, half of us are traumatised and you’re just shouting at us’.
"My mum was shaking really bad. People were on their phones calling people up and telling them what just happened and people were also taking pictures and videos of the scene, just like I was.
"Our bus finally arrived and I felt like I didn’t want to get onto the bus - I was still shaking. My mum was shaking for the whole bus journey, which was 50 minutes. I just hope everyone who was there including the bus driver is okay."
Emma Anderson, spokeswoman for Stagecoach, told the Mansfield Chad: “This incident is currently being investigated. We can confirm, however, that no one was involved or injured in the incident and there was no structural damage to Mansfield bus station.”
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