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Bus driver arrested after 20 people injured in Manchester crash
ECCLES, GREATER MANCHESTER, JUL 22 – A bus driver was arrested after failing to heed low bridge warnings, causing 20 injuries including three serious cases, Greater Manchester Police said.
- A double-decker bus collided with the Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct on Barton Lane in Eccles, Greater Manchester, injuring 20 people at around 3pm on Monday July 21, 2025.
- Greater Manchester Police said the bus failed to comply with height restriction warnings including hanging chains and signage, leading to the crash.
- North West Ambulance Service said they dispatched ten ambulances, advanced paramedics, the Hazard Area Response Team and North West Air Ambulance, while a passenger was ejected from the bus’s top level during the crash.
- Greater Manchester Police confirmed the bus driver, a man in his 50s, was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by careless driving, and he has since been bailed.
- Transport for Greater Manchester has launched an immediate and urgent investigation into why the bus was off-route, and Greater Manchester Police's serious collision investigation unit is appealing for witnesses and footage.
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According to the British BBC, 20 people were injured, several of them seriously.
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