Bus service disrupted after crash

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A number of passengers and the driver were injured in a crash involving Vectare's 505 service between Waltham Cross and Harlow

At a glance

  • Bus crashes at Waltham Abbey in Essex, injuring passengers and the driver

  • Ten people are taken to hospital in Harlow for treatment

  • Vectare's 505 service between Waltham Cross and Harlow is suspended

  • Published

A bus company said its services would be disrupted after one of its vehicles was involved in a crash that injured passengers.

Vectare's 505 service was suspended after the collision on the B194 in Waltham Abbey in Essex on Tuesday morning in which a number of passengers and the driver were injured.

The vehicle was also "extensively damaged" in the crash on Marsh Hill, the company said.

It had hoped to be operating a full service on Wednesday but said the "fallout" from the "serious incident" and "exceptionally high levels of sickness" would lead to disruption, external.

The 505 runs between Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire and Harlow in Essex.

The East of England Ambulance Service said 10 patients were assessed at the scene and four were taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.

In a tweet, external, the company thanked the emergency services that attended.

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