A teenage passenger was thrown through the top window of a double-decker bus when it crashed on a country road leaving two people with life-threatening injuries.
Up to 20 people were on board the service when it plunged off the Andover Road in Oakley, near Basingstoke this lunchtime.
Two people suffered life-threatening injuries, three others were seriously hurt and six suffered minor injuries.
Witnesses said those of the upper deck of the bus had scrambled out through a broken window after the bus ended up in trees next to the B3400.
A double decker bus left a country road in Hampshire today and crashed into trees
Two people suffered life-threatening injuries and another three people were seriously hurt
Witness Danielle Wyatt, 25, and her partner Craig were in one of the first cars on the scene after the bus left the road.
She said: ‘Everyone on the top deck had got out through the window. The force of the crash had broken the window and there was a 16-year-old girl who had been thrown through it.
‘The driver had gone out through the front window and he was lying on the floor about 10ft away – I don’t think he was in a good way at all.’
Ms Wyatt said a woman with a toddler and an elderly man with a bloody face were also among the injured.
She added: ‘People after people were coming off the bus one after the other.
‘My main concern was to get the kids and the elderly people out of the way of the bus. I was making sure it was safe and checking to see if there was smoke or a fire coming from the bus.’
Police have said no other vehicles were involved in the crash.
Pictures from the scene of a bus crash show the double decker in a hedge next to the B3400
Rescue workers, police and a large team of paramedics were on the scene this afternoon
At least seven ambulances were sent to the scene, along with an air ambulance, police and fire and rescue crews.
Pictures from the scene show the bus appears to have crashed into a hedge as the road bent around to the left.
A spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) said: ‘Two patients with life-threatening injuries have been taken to the major trauma centre at University Hospital, Southampton.
‘Three patients with serious injuries have also been taken to University Hospital, Southampton.
‘Six patients with minor injuries have been taken to the North Hampshire Hospital in Basingstoke and three children, non-injured, have also been taken to North Hampshire Hospital as a place of safety, as they were unaccompanied by any adults on the bus.
‘Ten 10 further patients were assessed and discharged at the scene as uninjured.’
The crash happened on this bend in the B3400, Andover Road near Oakley, Hampshire
Hampshire Police tweeted: ‘We’re currently dealing with a serious road collision in Oakley involving a bus.
‘It has happened on the B3400, Andover Road, in Oakley, which is currently closed in both directions.
‘It’s expected to remain closed until later this evening, so please avoid the area if possible.’