Person seriously injured as nine others taken to hospital after horror bus crash at Piccadilly Gardens

A person has been left seriously injured with nine others taken to hospital after a horror bus crash at Piccadilly Gardens on Monday afternoon (October 16).

Emergency services, including incident response units, paramedics, the fire service and police descended on the city centre after a single-decker bus ploughed into the T4 bubble tea store.

There were dramatic scenes as police blocked off the area, an air ambulance hovered overhead and white tents were erected within the cordon as a number of casualties were treated at the scene.

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It has since been confirmed that one person was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. Ten others were assessed by paramedics, with nine of them also taken to hospital.

The scene remained in place for a number of hours amid investigations into the crash. Pictures from the scene showed a smashed up shop front after the blue Diamond bus appeared to mount the kerb before ploughing into the front windows.

Horrified witnesses reportedly 'ran over' to help those involved moments after the crash, as eye witness Ellie-Mae Chapman said: "I had seen the driver quickly turning right , then I had heard the crash suddenly and people started to rush over. I could see people trying to help and the police arrived very quickly after and started to get all pedestrians away."

A spokesperson for the North West Ambulance Service said: "At around 13.15 this afternoon, we responded to a bus crash near Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester. Four ambulances, two senior paramedics, a