{"id":309836,"date":"2025-08-01T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309836\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:45:15","slug":"passengers-left-covered-in-glass-after-bus-windows-smashed-in-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309836\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers left &#8216;covered in glass&#8217; after bus windows smashed in crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;It was all over the seats, the floor and in people&#8217;s hair and shoes&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1000063892-2.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Two windows were smashed in the crash(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A number of passengers were left &#8216;covered in glass&#8217; following a bus crash this afternoon, an eyewitness said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A 197 Bee Network service, from Stockport to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-city-centre\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester city centre<\/a>, was involved in a crash on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/stockport\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockport<\/a> Road in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/levenshulme\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Levenshulme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One passenger said it collided with the rear end of a lorry which was turning at around 3pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two of the bus&#8217; windows were smashed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Never miss a story with the MEN&#8217;s daily Catch Up newsletter &#8211; get it in your inbox by signing up <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b8052254-66af-41f3-9dae-7bbb0e3391c6&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The witness said a woman was left &#8216;covered&#8217; in glass, and she had a cut on her leg which was bleeding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It was everywhere&#8221; they said. &#8220;It was all over the seats, the floor and in people&#8217;s hair and shoes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2_1000063898.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The witness said there was &#8216;glass everywhere'(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man also suffered a cut to a hand, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) said the cause of the crash would be looked into.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson said: &#8220;We&#8217;re aware of a collision between a Bee Network bus and another vehicle on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join the Manchester Evening News <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">WhatsApp<\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> group <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GY77Jy0SeCL8ZFZaNcWsVq\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The bus sustained damage to two rear windows and returned to the depot following the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We&#8217;ll work with the operator to establish the cause of the incident and take any further steps as appropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;It was all over the seats, the floor and in people&#8217;s hair and shoes&#8217;Two windows were smashed in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[15333,748,393,4884,8826,2465,8086,1288,8825,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-309836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-bee-network","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-levenshulme","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-manchester-city-centre","15":"tag-stockport","16":"tag-transport-for-greater-manchester","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114954760255832315","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}