Double-decker bus crashes into Quedgeley telegraph pole

The bus crashed near a residential property in Quedgeley shortly after midday on Monday

A double decker bus driver had a "medical episode" before crashing into a telegraph pole, police said.

Emergency services were called to Bristol Road in Quedgeley, Gloucestershire after the bus left the road at around 12.30 GMT.

Paramedics and police attended the scene near Aldi, with the county air ambulance landing in a nearby park.

The road is now reopened but drivers have been asked to avoid the area while the bus is recovered.

Gloucestershire Police said in a statement: "Police were called to an incident on Bristol Road by Aldi in Quedgeley at around 12.30 GMT following a report that a double decker had left the road and collided with a telegraph pole.

The windscreen of the bus was smashed in the incident

"The driver was attended to at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital."

The force added that no other injuries were reported.

The bus crashed into resident Ruth Bull's garden, flattening a tree, with her grandson smashing the door of the bus open with a hammer to let passengers out.

Mr and Mrs Bull were having a cup of coffee when the bus crashed outside their house on Bristol Road

"We were sat having a cup of coffee and then there was this enormous noise," Mrs Bull said.

"My husband came running out, I looked through the window and could see the driver wasn't doing very well."

"My grandson was here and they couldn't get the door open so he grabbed a hammer and smashed the window so the paramedics were able to get in and the passengers were able to get out.

"It's quite exciting but I hope the driver is okay, that's the main thing."