Pictures showed the dramatic aftermath of the smash in which no one is thought to have been injured.
In them the bus appears to have almost completely lost its roof in scenes reminiscent of a similar incident in Holborn last month- when a double-decker sliced off its top deck after colliding with a tree.
Emergency services were called to the crash on St John's Road in Isleworth shortly before 4pm this afternoon.
Luckily the top deck of the bus was empty when it hit the railway bridge. The driver was checked over by an ambulance crew.
Source: Standard news on line.
Amazingly this next incident never made the media. TfL spin doctors earning their money?
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus contained a fire in the engine of a double-decker bus outside St Paul’s Underground Station in Cheapside last night.
Photo by Fitz
The fire began as the No 242 from Tottenham Court Road approached St Paul’s Underground Station on its way to Homerton Hospital.
A passenger at the back of the bus smelt smoke and alerted the driver. The driver pulled over, opened the engine cover and discovered it was well alight.
The driver helped all 20 passengers leave the bus safely and no one was injured.
One fire engine and around 7 firefighters and officers from Dowgate Fire station attended the incident.
The Brigade was called at 22:29 and the fire was under control at 23:42.
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Editorial Comment:
Many drivers have expressed concerns over the alleged media cover up concerning this burning bus. Had this been a Hydrogen powered bus, who knows what type of catastrophe this could have turned into.