Image copyright Terry-Harris.com Image caption The crash happened on the A47 at Guyhirn

Two men died when a double-decker bus and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A47 in Cambridgeshire.

Twelve other people were injured in the crash at about 07:30 BST on Thorney Road, Guyhirn.

The driver of a First Eastern Counties bus, in his 50s, died, along with a passenger in his 70s.

The collision, on a stretch of road with a 60mph speed limit, involved a Bretts Transport lorry near the entrance to its depot.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Two dead in bus and lorry crash in Guyhirn

Police said the bus "collided into the lorry". The lorry driver was not hurt.

A Bretts spokesman said: "At this stage we are giving the emergency services our full support and co-operation."

First Eastern Counties managing director Steve Wickers said: "Two people have lost their lives in this incident, one being a driver based in our King's Lynn depot.

"I am shocked and saddened by what has happened. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased and we will be providing as much support to them as we can through this difficult time."

Cambridgeshire Police said five people were seriously injured and seven had minor injuries.

Police said those who were seriously hurt had a combination of broken bones and head injuries, including brain injuries.

The East of England Ambulance Service said the casualties had been transferred to Peterborough City Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn.

Image copyright Terry-Harris.com Image caption Emergency services were called at about 07:30 BST

Image caption Recovery vehicles removed the bus and lorry from the scene on Tuesday afternoon

Image copyright Terry-Harris.com Image caption The crash happened outside a transport depot

Image copyright Terry-Harris.com Image caption Two men died and 12 people were hurt

Insp Jamie Langwith, of the county's roads policing unit, said: "What we do know is that they have a coming together where the HGV has pulled out of the yard and the bus has collided into the side of it."

The East of England Ambulance Service sent seven ambulance crews, three ambulance officers, two rapid response vehicles, and a Hazardous Area Response Team to the scene on Tuesday morning.

Highways England confirmed the road had reopened shortly after 17:30 BST.</s>Sixteen people have been taken to hospital after a crash between a double decker bus and a lorry in Cambridgeshire.

Emergency crews were called to the A47 in Wisbech at around 7.30am on Tuesday and pictures showed a bus had smashed into the side of a lorry.

Patients were transferred to hospital following the incident at Thorney Road in Guyhirn, the East of England Ambulance Service said.

Cambridgeshire Police confirmed 20 people had been hurt in total, nine of which had serious injuries.

Police officers were still at the scene this morning and warned drivers the road would be closed "for some time".

The East of England Ambulance service initially declared it as a "major incident" because of the number of patients involved, but were stood down at 9.50am.</s>A bus driver and one of his passengers who died when a double-decker collided with a lorry have been named.

Driver Michael Elcombe, 45, of Swaffham, Norfolk and Brian Chapman, 76, of Kettering, Northamptonshire suffered fatal injuries in the crash on the A47 near Guyhirn, Cambridgeshire on Tuesday.

Cambridgeshire Police said an investigation into the circumstances of the collision is ongoing and no arrests have been made.

A further 17 people were injured, six seriously.

The majority of those injured were from Peterborough, with one person from Hunstanton in Norfolk.

Inspector Jamie Langwith said on Tuesday that the bus crashed into the lorry as it was pulling out of a yard onto the A47.

He said the lorry driver was uninjured.</s>A man from Norfolk is one of two men who have died in a serious crash in Cambridgeshire.

He was the driver of a double-decker bus, that collided with a lorry on the A47 this morning.

The road is one of the main routes into and out of Norfolk.

He was in his 50's and died at the scene. The other man who was killed was from Northamptonshire and in his 70's.

Seven others have been seriously injured and 11 people have minor injuries.

Inspector Langwith from Cambridgeshire Police said "What we do know is that they have a coming together where the HGV has pulled out of the yard and the bus has collided into the side of it."



He confirmed the lorry driver had escaped injury.



Around a three-mile stretch of the A47 was closed following the collision and police said it would remain so until at least the early evening.



Footage from the aftermath at the scene showed the bus, which had been travelling eastbound on the road, lodged into the side of the lorry, which appears to have been heading westbound.



Steve Wickers, managing director at First Eastern Counties bus company, confirmed a driver based at their King's Lynn depot had died and said he was "shocked and saddened" by the incident.



He said: "Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased and we will be providing as much support to them as we can through this difficult time.



"We will now be working with the police while they undertake their investigations."



The crash, involving a Bretts Transport lorry, happened near the firm's distribution centre at Thorney Road in Guyhirn.



A spokesman for Bretts said: "We acknowledge there has been an incident on the A47 this morning involving one of our vehicles just outside our premises.



"At this stage we are giving the emergency services our full support and co-operation."



Those injured were taken to Peterborough City Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn.</s>Sixteen people have been injured in a crash involving a lorry and a double decker bus on the A47 in Cambridgeshire.

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We are currently attending a serious road traffic incident in Thorney Road, Guyhirn.

"The East of England Ambulance Service Trust has currently dispatched seven ambulance crews, three ambulance officers, two rapid response vehicles, a Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and Magpas Air Ambulance to the scene where the crew are caring for several seriously injured patients.

"We are working closely with our emergency blue light colleagues, and we thank the public for their assistance at this time."

The spokesman said a total of 16 people had been taken to Peterborough City Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The Magpas Air Ambulance charity said in a tweet:"@Magpas_Charity enhanced doctor & paramedic team were called to a major incident on the A47 in the Wisbech area, involving an HGV & a bus. Approximately 15 people have been injured. All emergency services are on the scene. More info to come."

The crash was initially declared a major incident because of the number of injured people but that was stood down just before 10am.

Cambridgeshire Police said: "We are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the A47 at 7.30am this morning.

"Officers remain at the scene and the road is closed with diversions in place.

"Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call 101. Motorists are advised to avoid the area or expect delays."



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Cambridgeshire police said “a number of people are believed to be seriously injured.”

Police are now appealing for witnesses to the collision which happened at around 7.30am.

The road is currently closed and people are asked to avoid the area or expect delays.

All emergency services are at the scene including the East of England Ambulance Service which said: “We are currently attending a serious road traffic incident in Thorney Road, Guyhirn.

“The East of England Ambulance Service Trust has currently dispatched seven ambulance crews, three ambulance officers, two rapid response vehicles, a Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and Magpas Air Ambulance to the scene where the crew are caring for several seriously injured patients.

“We are working closely with our emergency blue light colleagues, and we thank the public for their assistance at this time.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101.

We will keep you updated throughout the day.</s>Have your say

Fifteen people have been injured in a crash involving a lorry and a bus in England.

Police have described the crash on the A47 in Cambridgeshire as a “major incident”.

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We are currently attending a serious road traffic incident in Thorney Road, Guyhirn.

“The East of England Ambulance Service Trust has currently dispatched seven ambulance crews, three ambulance officers, two rapid response vehicles, a Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and Magpas Air Ambulance to the scene where the crew are caring for several seriously injured patients.

“We are working closely with our emergency blue light colleagues, and we thank the public for their assistance at this time.”</s>Up to 16 people have been seriously injured after a lorry collided with a double decker bus in a “major incident” in the Cambridgeshire Fens today.

The HGV and bus crashed on the A47 in Wisbech today at about 07:30 BST. Emergency services rushed to the scene and are treating patients, some with serious injuries.

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman added: “We are currently attending a serious road traffic incident in Thorney Road, Guyhirn.

“The East of England Ambulance Service Trust has currently dispatched seven ambulance crews, three ambulance officers, two rapid response vehicles, a Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) and Magpas Air Ambulance to the scene where the crew are caring for several seriously injured patients.</s>These are external links and will open in a new window

Two men who died when a double-decker bus and a lorry crashed on the A47 in Cambridgeshire have been named by police.

Michael Elcombe, 45, of Cley Road, Swaffham, Norfolk, died when the bus he was driving crashed with the lorry at 07:30 BST on Tuesday in Guyhirn.

Passenger Brian Chapman, 76, of Cherry Road in Kettering, also died at the scene. Police said 17 other people on the bus were injured.

No arrests have been made.

The collision, on a stretch of Thorney Road with a 60mph speed limit, involved a Bretts Transport lorry near the entrance to its depot.

The front of the First Eastern Counties bus was crushed in the collision.

Mr Chapman was a verger at St Peter and St Paul Church in Kettering.

Paying tribute to him on Facebook, the church rector, David Walsh said it was "sad and shocking news for our church community".

"It's hard to imagine St Peter & St Paul's Church without him."

On Wednesday, Cambridgeshire Police amended the number of injured casualties on the bus to 17.

Six of those people were seriously injured, a spokesman added.

Most of the passengers were from Peterborough and one was from Hunstanton in Norfolk, the force said.

Investigations into the cause of the crash were ongoing and no arrests have been made, the spokesman added.

The force is continuing to appeal for anyone with dashcam footage of the incident to get in touch.

The road was closed for about 10 hours as a result of the crash.</s>Two men travelling in a double-decker bus have died after it collided with a lorry in Cambridgeshire.

Eighteen other people were injured, seven seriously, in the crash on the A47 near Guyhirn, Cambridgeshire Police said.

The force tweeted: “We are sorry to report that two men, travelling in the bus involved in the A47 collision, have sadly died.

“Our thoughts are with their families at this time.”

The dead men were from Northamptonshire and Norfolk, Inspector Jamie Langwith said.

Speaking from the scene of the crash he said injuries ranged from broken legs to brain injuries.

He added: “There are no life-threatening injuries at this stage but they are serious.”

Of the circumstances of the crash he said: “What we do know is that they have a coming together where the HGV has pulled out of the yard and the bus has collided into the side of it.”

He confirmed the bus driver was among those hurt, and said the lorry driver had escaped injury.

Around a three-mile stretch of the A47 remains closed following the collision on Tuesday morning.

Footage from the scene shows the bus, which had been travelling eastbound on the road, lodged into the side of the lorry, which appears to have been heading westbound.

The crash, involving a Bretts Transport lorry, happened near the firm’s distribution centre at Thorney Road in Guyhirn.

A spokesman for Bretts said: “We acknowledge there has been an incident on the A47 this morning involving one of our vehicles just outside our premises.

“At this stage we are giving the emergency services our full support and co-operation.”

According to its website, Bretts Transport specialises in deliveries to the retail, food service and food manufacturing sectors, delivering more than 4,000 tons of canned food and other grocery products along with 5,000 pallets of food grade packaging each week.

The injured have been taken to Peterborough City Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn.

East of England Ambulance Service said it had sent seven ambulance crews, three ambulance officers, two rapid response vehicles, and a hazardous area response team to the scene.
A lorry and a bus collide in Guyhirn, Cambridgeshire, UK. Two people are killed and twelve are injured, five seriously.