A MAN has been airlifted to hospital and a group of school pupils are being treated for injuries after a bus collided with a car.
The pupils from Lady and St Patrick's High School were travelling on Renton Road in Dumbarton when their bus collided with a car on Wednesday at around 8.40am.
Emergency services rushed to the scene at around 8.40am to free the male driver of the car who was initially trapped.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent three fire appliances and a heavy rescue unit to the scene.
The SRFS said that prior to the arrival of crews, most of those who were involved in the crash had exited the bus with firefighters assisting remaining passengers to a place of safety.
They then assisted with the rescue of a man who was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital by air. He is currently in a serious condition.
A SRFS spokesman said: “Firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to remove a male occupant from within the car and he was also transferred to the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
“Crews thereafter worked to make the area safe.”
Nineteen children and one woman, from the school bus, were also conveyed by ambulance, to the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The driver of the bus was uninjured and a further two children were taken to hospital by relatives.
Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of the crash and police urged witnesses to come forward.
The road was closed as crash scene investigators examined the scene. Inspector Adam McKenzie said: “We are still conducting enquiries to establish the circumstances of the crash and I am appealing to anyone who may have been travelling on the road and who may have information which could assist in our investigation to contact us.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Road Policing officers at Dumbarton Police Station via 101, quoting reference number 0801 of 23 August 2017.
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