A double decker bus has overturned sparking a "major incident" on a busy South Devon road, seriously injuring one person and leaving up to 20 people trapped.
Police say all emergency services responded to the crash in South Devon on the A385 between Totnes and Paignton just before 11am. An air ambulance also landed.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "A double-decker bus has overturned and a number of passengers have sustained injuries. Currently we believe that one person has sustained serious injuries.
"We also have a dozen people who have sustained minor injuries and remain at the scene.
"The South West Ambulance Service have declared this a major incident and therefore have sent considerable resources to the scene, including a number of ambulances, patient response vehicles and the air ambulance for support."
The spokesman added: "We expect this incident to keep the road closed for the foreseeable future and we advise all road users to avoid the area and to seek alternative routes."
Gerald Taylor, area manager at Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, said all casualties had been cleared from the bus by 12.30pm and were being treated by paramedics.
One eyewitness told DevonLive: “Very bad accident outside Totnes.
“There are many people with very severe injuries. Maybe 20 with some trapped.
“I was passing and stopped to help but a lot of people too injured to move.”
Images from the scene showed a battered vehicle with its windscreen missing lying on its side in a field next to the road.
Another showed scores of emergency workers gathered around the wrecked bus, with holes appearing to have been cut into the roof so passengers could be released.
A spokesman for Stagecoach South West said: “We can confirm one of our buses has been involved in an incident on the A385 between Paignton and Totnes.
“Emergency services are at the scene. Our immediate thoughts are for those involved and we are helping the emergency services in any way that we can.
“Safety is our absolute priority and we will be assisting the investigation into the circumstances involved in the incident.”
