Video shows the moment engineers carefully removed a bus which had ploughed into the front of a gym - as the owner revealed it was a 'small miracle' nobody was killed.
The Stagecoach number 7 service smashed into the building in Bolton on Friday evening, leaving one casualty in hospital. The drama happened on School Street in Westhoughton shortly before 6.40pm.
CCTV footage which has been shared on social media shows the bus speeding by a line of traffic into the wrong carriageway before crashing into a car at a junction and then ploughing into the building.
Following the smash, engineers worked to remove the damaged double-decker and make the building safe. Video of the manoeuvre showed great care being taken as the vehicle was slowly removed from the building, which houses a gym. READ MORE: Man seriously hurt in Manchester Arena bomb climbs Mount Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair in incredible feat The work to remove the bus emerged as people who were nearby during the crash reported others were also hurt and alleged the driver had suffered a medical episode at the wheel.
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