Peak-hour chaos in the heart of Sydney as bus mounts a footpath and slams into commuters
- Sydney buses has nightmare day after two separate crashes left four injured
- 65 yo man had a lucky escape after being hit by bus on Pitt and Goulburn St
- Three commuters were treated after another bus hit their bus stop at Hyde Park
Several people have been injured after multiple bus crashes in Sydney’s CBD.
A bus mounted a footpath and slammed into a commuter at the corner of Pitt Street and Goulburn Street just after 5pm on Tuesday.
New South Wales Ambulance confirmed a 65-year-old was left with minor injuries, but had a ‘lucky escape’ after the bus left the road.
A bus mounted a footpath and slammed into a 65 year old man at the corner of Pitt Street and Goulburn Street just after 5pm on Tuesday
He was treated at the scene and transported to St Vincent’s Hospital in a stable condition.
Another bus ran into a bus stop at the corner of Elizabeth Street and Park street at about 4.45pm, injuring three people in a separate incident.
The three people aged in their 30s – two men and one woman – were treated for cuts sustained from the shattered glass of the bus stop.
A woman is treated for superficial cuts after a bus drove into a bus stop near Sydney’s Hyde Park shattering the glass of the bus stand
Paramedics swarm the site of a bus crash in Sydney’s CBD on Tuesday afternoon
Both accidents caused commuter chaos and heavy traffic around the peak travel time for Sydney’s office workers.
A spokesperson for the Transport Management Centre confirmed all lanes have since reopened for the accident on Park and Elizabeth street.
Repairs are already being made to the damaged bus stop and commuters will be able to catch buses from the Hyde Park bus stop as usual.
A woman in her 30s is treated by paramedics after a bus drove into a bus stand at Hyde Park in Sydney
The bus stop is cordoned off after the vehicle went of road and into waiting commuters
Shattered class sits on the pavement after a bus stand was torn apart from a runaway bus near Sydney’s Hyde Park