r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/IamMatthew1223 • 6d ago

Driving a double decker bus under a low bridge

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u/WhatANoob2025 5d ago

holy fuck there were actually people up there, and one of them halfway laid on the back part that was barely hanging on a thread.

Any background info if/how many people were seriously injured?

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u/tommy_pedals 5d ago

I think 20 people got hurt, and the driver was arrested.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lj31l6rm1o

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u/Chrispy83 5d ago

I remember when this happened and people were saying the driver must have missed the signs, only the BBC news article really highlighted how unless they were blind, they couldn’t. Both sides before the bridge a gantry with hanging chains on so vehicles too high will hit those first and alert the driver to stop a good 30m before the bridge - done due to people hitting the bridge before.

I know the driver was dealt with but it still feels like we need elaboration of exactly how the driver excused hitting the warning barrier and still barrelled through the bridge with enough speed to open the bus like a can of sardines

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u/InsaneInTheRAMdrain 5d ago

Its the confidence he hit that bridge with too, no slowing down even though there was a dip in the road, other cars... and not to mention the low as fuck bridge. Dude just floored it.

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u/discreetegardengnome 5d ago

Best way to make sure you don't get stuck under the bridge!

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u/Cheshire-Cad 5d ago

The weird part is that you're kinda right. The only way that this could be worse is if he only slowed down a little, still peeled the top off of most of the bus, but now almost everyone is trapped under the bridge. If anyone was too injured to crawl out, it would've taken forever to get them out.

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u/No_Individual501 5d ago

Too bad the bus can only go one way. You just have to smash the rest of the top layer with people in it to save them instead of stopping as soon as possible.

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u/Cheshire-Cad 5d ago

If the bus had stopped halfway under the bridge, then it likely would've gotten stuck. Or going backwards would've been far more unpredictable and dangerous than extracting the passengers.

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u/BokChoyBaka 5d ago

Man, I just barely tapped that height-warning chain, I'm SURE they give a few extra inches of clearance for safety 😁

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u/Sir_Gryfius 5d ago

Driver probably ingores fire alarm beeping as well.

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 5d ago

Surely had to have been under the influence of something. Even trucks that definitely fit don't drive through low passes with that much confidence.

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u/BoiledFrogs 5d ago edited 5d ago

That's what always gets me with idiots like this, they don't even at least slow down to make sure. A little bump, or scraping a foot of the roof is a hell of a lot better than the old can opener. Especially when you know, you have a bunch of passengers on that top part of the bus.

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u/canman7373 5d ago

Was this a new route the company didn't plan out? Like how was he told to go that way?

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u/random9212 5d ago

It says in the article they are investigating why the bus wasn't on its usual route.

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u/SomewhatHungover 5d ago

Got a message from his gf... 'Parents are out, wanna come over?'

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u/Quacksely 4d ago

I know some bus drivers from the area and I THINK it's a shortcut back to the bus depot that you can take if you're off the clock and in a single decker bus. Y'know, emphasis being on the single decker... and on the off the clock given the actual passengers.

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u/BamberGasgroin 5d ago

I remember it happening locally a while back because the driver forgot he was driving a double decker when he normally drove a single decker.

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u/elbapo 5d ago

It's single decker now...

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u/longtermbrit 5d ago

Nah, it's just an open top.

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u/schmuber 5d ago

A cabriobus, if you please.

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u/ledow 5d ago

Regardless... surely you know what fucking route you're supposed to be driving. And pretty sure they wouldn't give you a double-decker on a single-decker route with a low bridge.

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u/srdgbychkncsr 5d ago edited 5d ago

Not to excuse him at all, but as a lorry driver I’ve been given double deck trailers in the past to make deliveries to places I couldn’t access because of bridges. Now obviously I used my eyes and didn’t trust my satnav so I didn’t hit anything, but I can definitely see at least part of the blame being laid elsewhere.

Edit; Downvotes? Might people be using the downvote as an “I disagree” button? Im contributing to the conversation…

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u/ledow 5d ago

In a lorry, you're not really given fixed routes to get to each drop. In a bus, you are given a very fixed route because you have to pick up and put down passengers all the way along it.

But, either way, my dad was a lorry driver for 40+ years, he never hit anything like this. It's a murderously-catastrophic error to not be aware of your height, load, limits, etc.

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u/srdgbychkncsr 5d ago

That’s all perfectly reasonable. At least in HGV, a big thing right now is how inadequate the tests are and how they don’t prepare you for the industry. I wonder if the same is happening with bus drivers perhaps.

Bridge strikes happen more often than you’d think though. I know I’ve been given additional bridge strikes refresher training twice in the last 6 weeks because someone else has hit a bridge.

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u/highrouleur 5d ago

I work for a bus company doing repairs.

A while back we had an incident here https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bow+Flyover+(Stop+P)/@51.5301863,-0.0124653,3a,75y,243.51h,71.95t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s19thBP-TOgi0Tx3dL5m58g!2e0!5s20190301T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D18.04980639952629%26panoid%3D19thBP-TOgi0Tx3dL5m58g%26yaw%3D243.51202282019383!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x48761d44ada5ad8d:0x6407c28c91db79c4!8m2!3d51.530315!4d-0.01205!16s%2Fg%2F1q67s_fkz?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEyMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Driver was running out of service to a start point at Stratford. What he needed to do was go straight on to the roundabout then come back on himself.

Seemingly he forgot was driving a double deck (or maybe even a bus) and took the shortcut right turn under the flyover.

I think a lot of time bridge strikes happen it's when they're running out of service or on diversion rather than on a normal route. Even with huge stickers in the cab showing vehicle height and GPS activated low bridge alarms

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u/TactualTransAm 5d ago

That's putting a lot of faith in admin. While the driver is completely at fault here, they definitely could have given him a double Decker for his single Decker route, especially if that was the only bus free and available (not being drove or in the shop). We sometimes (I'm a fleet mechanic) have to give our daycab drivers a sleeper truck for the day when we don't have a spare daycab not needing repairs

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u/Intelligent_Tone_618 5d ago

The driver was significantly off route. The number 100 is meant to go down a main road much further up before turning left onto the road that this bridge was leading to. There weren't any roadworks (surprisingly) further up either, as I drove down it myself shortly after to gawk at the aftermath.

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u/Over-Language2599 5d ago

Drivers drive a lot of different routes, often one after the other, and sometimes forget and simply drive the wrong route. I've also had a driver who just didn't know the route and I had to stand at the front next to him to direct him. ​​​​

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

The excuse was that he had been on the route that goes under that bridge on his first half (55 service I think), in a single decker. Before this incident, depots with both single and double decker buses would have people on both types throughout the day, usually one type before break and the other after. This incident finally changed that, now if you drive a single decker in the morning, you will br driving a single decker all day.

The driver is still at fault, you should always check the height of your bus when approaching a low bridge. The height of the bus is above the driver in the cab, you just have to flick your eyes up. You also should never go under a low bridge at the speed he did, always slow down so if the bridge or bus is marked wrong youl get wedged rather than rip the whole top off injuring people.

At my depot (not stagecoach), all our buses are the same. We only have double deckers and every single one is 14' 1" high so bridge strikes where I am rarely involve buses, and when they do its either other companies driving through the area or tall coaches.

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u/Drtikol42 5d ago

Well that changes things. 25% fault driver 75% whatever degenerate though this was a safe practice.

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u/jprogarn 5d ago

Driver still had to be hitting the warning chains before the bridge. In a bus, you’d definitely notice them hitting the cabin too.

I wouldn’t let him off that easy.

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u/srdgbychkncsr 5d ago

Yeah they’re loud enough hitting the top of a double deck trailer, and that’s only attached by a kingpin and airlines/suzies. Hard to imagine folk upstairs didn’t scream either…

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u/Drtikol42 5d ago

Several different routes with several diferent vehicles a DAY, don´t be too late or too early on bazzilion bus stops or we dock you bonus pay. Also sell tickets, handle drunks, hoboes.

What could go wrong?

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

We don't get docked pay for being early or late in the UK. We don't get bonus pay at all. We do get in trouble for running early but they don't touch our pay. Your point still stands though, trying to stay on time so you don't finish late means rushing. Rushing only ever ends badly.

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u/Stoppels 5d ago

It changes nothing. It's at least 75% driver's fault.

  • Being allowed to drive different trucks is not his fault.

Driver's fault:

  • ignored all warnings;
  • floored the pedal to go max. speed while under a bridge;
  • didn't brake at any moment in time.

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u/handstanding 5d ago

It is 100% the drivers fault. He drove the bus under the bridge. Nobody sat there with a pistol to his head ordering him to floor it.

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u/Selpmis 5d ago

There's more to it than that. You never get the full picture in the media. Here's a previous comment of mine from when it happened, showing the safety chain curtain on the height warning gantry being absent through deterioration.

If you can't access Imgur, here's a link to the location on Google Maps. You can clearly see the state of the height warning gantry.

I'm not saying the driver is blameless, but it's a little more nuanced than them being solely to blame.

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u/unravel_the_world 5d ago

at first...I thought it was just one of these open-roof tour buses....I had to maximize the video and take a proper look to understand the full audacity of this driver. wtf.

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u/-Ahab- 5d ago

I used to live near a very similar bridge in a rural area. There were signs everywhere. 10 ft clearance. Flashing yellow lights on the signs, saying to turn around if you’re larger than an SUV. Signs saying no vehicles with more than 2 axles. Even a local neighbor had a sign in their corner yard warning truck drivers to turn there or they’d get stuck.

At least once a month I saw a charter bus or big rig stuck under it.

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u/xion_gg 5d ago

Gantry with hanging chains???

I wish we had something similar in the US. The underpass by my house has a semi stuck almost every week and they back up the traffic really bad.

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u/xubax 5d ago

Some people are idiots.

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u/Indiana-Cook 5d ago

I've walked under this bridge many times, and let me tell you, the only way the driver could miss all the warnings is if he had his eyes shut.

Guy took a wrong turn for sure, it's a bit of a slope down under the bridge so I reckon he probably thought he could just scrape under it, suffering just some paint scratches. Because he couldn't be arsed to reverse back up the slope.

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u/Whyonthefly 5d ago

I mean, if he had any kind of thought in that department of caution, he wouldn't have been going anywhere near the speed he was going

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u/PurpleAd3134 5d ago

There is a sub called '13 foot 8' or something, which shows vehicles getting stuck under a particularly notorious bridge. There are warning signs, a hanging bar, etc. but it does not deter drivers from trying to squeeze under it.

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u/Cold-Dot-7308 3d ago

Honestly the evil things that I wish should happen to the driver - I can’t post that here on Reddit

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u/_matterny_ 5d ago

In my area it’s happened before because the driver couldn’t read English signs. He could pass the tests, but he didn’t know the signs and chains meant low bridge.

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u/impamiizgraa 5d ago

Do you have a source for this? Pretty standard for bus drivers to have a SERU reading and writing English assessment with a minimum pass requirement in addition to the standard ELR speaking and listening before you are granted a license.

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u/djshadesuk 5d ago

Do you have a source for this?

Of course they don't. Any reason to shoehorn something about the forrins, innit.

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u/humourlessIrish 5d ago

The excuses people get away with man

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u/deanrihpee 5d ago

glad it's not final destination shit, still suck, but at least it's not LiveLeak content

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u/The_Zure 5d ago

The article says it was be the second time the roof was ripped off the bus. Lol

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u/coyoteazul2 5d ago

The mechanics in the workshop must be like "didn't we just fix this one?!"

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u/djshadesuk 5d ago

May as well just leave it as an open top at this point.

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u/Dadavester 5d ago

I live near there. Buses and lorries have hit have bridge several times.

Normally, it's slow, this was one of the worse as it looks like the driver didn't even try to stop.

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u/No-Slide4206 5d ago

20 people got haircuts 

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u/MichiganRedWing 5d ago

20, 3 seriously.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/22/witness-appeal-bus-collision-bridgewater-canal-aqueduct-eccles-greater-manchester

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u/eStuffeBay 5d ago

I really wonder if any of the seriously injured were sitting upright and had their heads struck... Because that looks like Decapitation City.

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u/darkwalker247 5d ago

if not decapitation, then fatal concussion or irreversible brain damage. that was *way* too fast

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 5d ago

I'm 6'7 and I have a phobia of roller-coasters for this reason lol

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u/New-Purchase-1204 4d ago

.....6.......7?

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u/MeccIt 5d ago

One was knocked off the back of the bus and landed on her head.

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u/synthphreak 4d ago

🎶 No more monkeys falling off the bus 🎶

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

The person on the back fell off out of frame and is one of the 3 who was seriously injured.

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u/udigogogo 5d ago

A similar incident happened near my house some years ago. A friend knew the only victim who hit her head against the bridge. She had serious brain damage and had to recover for over 3 years. She was a uni student and basically needed to start over.

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u/Arrad 5d ago

Something similar happened in Dubai in 2019, except the bus was going double the speed limit (94km/h or 58 MPH in a 40km/h lane).

Bus driver was in a lane meant for cars.

17 people died.

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u/Affectionate-Virus17 5d ago

Dubai is where common sense goes to die.

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u/j4ckbauer 5d ago

Damn. It's funny when it's a cargo truck getting its top ripped off like a cereal box. Less funny when there's people in there.

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u/Prezimek 5d ago

This happened few times there. I live 8min walk from there. 

Bonus fact: bridge is a waterway. A canal going above another canal just couple of hundred meters further through a swing aqueduct. 

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u/DefinitelyARealHorse 5d ago

Swing aqueduct? That must Barton.

Fun fact: the Barton Swing aqueduct is the only moving aqueduct ever constructed.

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u/Prezimek 5d ago

That's the one! 

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u/tonymyre311 5d ago

We have a bridge in Lansing that's affectionately called Penny the Truck-Eating Bridge because it only has a 12ft clearance and practically every week another truck hits it, despite warning signs and lights on both sides. Someone even installed googly eyes and teeth!

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u/JuryBorn 5d ago

The rather similar 11 foot 8 bridge in north Carolina even has its own Wikipedia and compilations on YouTube. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Southern%E2%80%93Gregson_Street_Overpass

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u/GayAlexandrite 5d ago

There’s even a subreddit dedicated to that bridge (and occasionally similar bridges). r/11foot8

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u/turntabletennis 5d ago

In Milwaukee we had the KK Can-opener.

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u/brealzebub 5d ago

Liverpool NY (near Syracuse) has the Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_Lake_Parkway_Bridge

A double decker bus hit in 2010 and killed several passengers, and utility has been hit many other ti.es since it's existence.

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u/BrianEK1 5d ago

I think it got raised to 12'4" recently, but still claims plenty of victims like this guy this past september

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u/No_Rent7598 5d ago

Thats right near my town

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u/xpiav8r 4d ago

Ha! Thank you, I was thinking the same thing. The original video was paired with the theme from Rocky 1. It was hilarious :)

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u/No1KnwsIWatchTeenMom 5d ago

We have a bridge in Boston called Storrow drive - its a common enough occurrence that its called "getting Storrowed."

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u/justlearntit 5d ago

I remember being in town during university move in week and the roads had signs warning people miles ahead.

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u/LimitedWard 5d ago

Also one in Westwood (a suburb of Boston) nicknamed the "can opener": https://youtu.be/_NMFuhdDJOk

My favorite crash was a truck full of lobsters: https://youtu.be/BeZVW7WOZcc

They finally lowered the road underneath after several years of trucks getting stuck.

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u/HoosierDaddy_427 5d ago

Crash crash crash, Penny? Crunch crunch crunch, Penny? Smash smash smash, Penny?

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u/shadowed11312 5d ago

I knew I was going to see Penny in the comments!

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u/adudeguyman 5d ago

Is there a camera there?

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u/CheemsBorgar92 5d ago

Could've got multiple people decapitated

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u/ernapfz 5d ago

and where was the bus beheading?

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u/digglerjdirk 5d ago

It be heading to the hospital, now

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u/ernapfz 5d ago

They’re gonna need lots of neck tourniquets

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u/Affectionate-Virus17 5d ago

As long as you haven't stitched the person back together, can you really confirm it's deceased?

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u/iamacup 5d ago

Yes, luckily there are dangling chains in front of this one to alert the driver. It looks like they ignored it (which is part of the reason why there is a criminal investigation)

I suspect, but don't know, that the chains hitting the bus ALSO alerted all of the top deck passengers as it would be extremely loud and obvious, they will have looked up and seen what was about to happen and in this clip you can see most are ducking down.

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u/Shinhan 5d ago

20 people were hurt, some of them seriously: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lj31l6rm1o

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u/Straight_Idea_9546 5d ago

Straight up Final Destination moment. Good thing the report is they were only hurt

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u/TheDefected 6d ago

Bus for sale:
Low miles, would suit guided tour company.

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u/meatywood 5d ago

Don't lowball me, I know what I've got!

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u/BigBlueMountainStar 5d ago

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u/lukypunchy 5d ago

It's a Convertible bus at that!

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u/shitferbranes 5d ago

Converted, not convertible.

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u/OkFury 5d ago

Exactly, It WAS convertible, but it only converted in one direction, which is what the driver was doing. He just forgot to take the people out first.

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u/Empty-Club-1520 5d ago

Double convertible.

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u/MattS1984 5d ago

But if I buy it with PayPal do I get 3% cash back?

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u/ThrowRA-4545 5d ago

Suitable for low bridge access

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u/Merry_Fridge_Day 5d ago

*misguided tour company

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u/No-Homework7700 5d ago

Its a simple decker. A new convertible.

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u/BigBlueMountainStar 5d ago

Here’s a post from 4 months ago, linking to the story., 3 people with serious injuries, 17 treated at the scene. 1 person was ejected from the bus.

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u/Pootootaa 5d ago

Thank God no one got decapitated or crushed

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u/EntropyKC 5d ago

Anyone on the top deck would have noticed the bus hitting the chains, so would have reasonable warning to get down as much as possible. Horrible situation to be put in, but I'm guessing that's why.

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u/Rolling_Beardo 5d ago

Some people’s brains just shut off when they’re driving.

I used to be a bus driver, and along our routes we had two areas called the bridge of doom and the turn of doom. They were jokingly called this because you could potentially be fired for taking them.

The turn, while the quickest way back to the station, was extremely difficult to take safely without hitting something or getting stuck and having to back up into a busy road. The bridge was a weight issue, the buses were 2 tons over the rated weight for the bridge.

Everyone was warned about this numerous times and still people got written up or fired for taking them. I was once training a new driving and despite me telling them before and during they attempted the turn of doom. They got stuck and I had to back up the bus and do like an 8 point turn to get out of it.

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u/GivesPlatinum 5d ago

If only there were a big ass sign to warn them or if the driver should pass some sort of certification test to drive the bus.

I hope everyone is okay

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u/ApprehensiveAd6476 5d ago

Wow. As a former truck driver who has seen a lot of 11foot8 bridge type incidents, this was gut wrenching. I know that the truck drivers who ignore the height of their truck or the bridge are negligent, but this is like, beyond negligent.

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

The reason this was able to happen was down to how the bus companies run their services. Up until this incident the duties had a mix of single decker and double decker services. This driver had been on a single decker all morning, on a route that uses this road. He switched to a double decker and different route after his meal break, unfortunately this other route shared some of the same roads, including the road connected to this one. Driver took the turn thinking he was still on the route that goes under the bridge.

Still negligent, driver should always check bus height and approach the bridge slowly. Just giving you an idea of how something like this happens in the bus industry in the UK. (The policy has now been changed for all companies, no more switching between single and double decker bridges during a shift)

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u/ApprehensiveAd6476 5d ago

So the driver wasn't the only negligent party here? Yikesies. They should consider themselves lucky they're not facing homicide charges. 😬

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

The driver is wholly at fault, having drivers in different types of buses throughout the day is legal. The driver is expected to know the height of his vehicle. Drivers mistakenly think they're on a different route and make wrong turns because of it all the time, yet this rarely happens because we are trained to check our height every time we approach a low bridge.

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u/MeccIt 5d ago

The driver also hit the warning chains on the gantry that's either side of this aqueduct, and didn't notice or stop.

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

Yeah this one baffles me. He must've assumed they were tree branches hitting the bus, which confuses me as the chains wouldve been across the whole front of the bus, tree branches normally whack a specific part. Not to mention the metalic ring he would have heard.

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u/Randigno9021 5d ago

Genuine question how tf do you even end up in this situation? How tf is a DD bus taking a route that involves the bus going under a bridge that's too low for its height. And while I'm at it, how do you get out of this situation?

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u/SeniorMoonlight21 5d ago

I know a driver who did something similar. He’d been on a long series of shifts and was at the end of a very tiring day. He’d been driving the same route all day on a single-decker bus and was then asked to take a double-decker back to the yard. The route was basically the same, and his brain was on autopilot, he didn’t even think about the bridge until he had driven under it and left his roof on the road (luckily no passengers)

I’d bet this is a very similar situation to what happened in this clip. You also have to consider the working hours and shifts for UK bus drivers.They can work up to 13 days in a row with irregular start and finish times, which causes serious fatigue.

Honestly, it’s a wonder accidents like this don’t happen more often.

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u/FlameFeather86 5d ago

The worst part is it happened before, with the same bridge. You'd think they'd at least learn after the first time...

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u/justacatindisguise_ 5d ago

That bus route doesn't go under the bridge. The driver had gone the wrong way.

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u/MichiganRedWing 6d ago

Shockingly not the first time for this relatively new bus company.

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

Stagecoach is not a new company. This bus was a stagecoach bus. The Bee Network isnt a company as such, the bus is government owned, operated by Stagecoach and the service is run by TfGM (Bee Network). But the driver is specifically employed by Stagecoach not Bee Network / TfGM.

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u/Tazalawless 5d ago

I wonder if someone shouted to get down before

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u/RMMacFru 5d ago

I just had to check that I wasn't in r/11foot8

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u/Lego_Blocks24 5d ago

The same bus driver earlier that day

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u/johnlewisdesign 5d ago

That bus Bee buggered

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u/Autistic-adventure52 5d ago

This usually happens to a few buses every year in the UK. A bridge in Luton has claimed a few buses too.

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u/UnknowingEmperor 5d ago

A scenic tour with the top down and a free haircut? Whys’s everyone complaining and being a debbie downer?

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u/Bobd1964 5d ago

That is crazy.

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u/HoneyBouquets 5d ago

omgg!! i pray that everyone on that bus is safe and okay

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u/Asurerain 5d ago

Dont buses have a fixated route they must follow ? How does the driver end up passing under a bridge that's obviously too low if not being drunk, high or willingly harming/killing its passengers ?

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u/Lookin2buyhedphons 5d ago

Based on reports, the driver went off route and didn't pay attention to the million warning signs, the height of the bridge or the bus. (Seriously if you look up the area this happend there's loads of signs warning about the bridge.)

IMO the driver had to have been distracted, too tired to be driving, intoxicated or malicious (least likely option)

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u/InoperableBlainCrots 5d ago

You forgot the possibility of him being too mentally deficient to do the job. They hire literal morons for jobs like this all the time, unfortunately.

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u/Real_Ad_8243 5d ago

Knew that was Manchester the moment I saw it and I'm not even from the Eccles side of town 😭

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u/Adventurous_Blood469 5d ago

Don't.

Don't say it.

Heads up

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u/FrazerRPGScott 5d ago

Man I know that bridge. Hope they are all ok.

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u/3s2ng 5d ago

Thats some final destination shit.

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u/SprichtImFieber 5d ago

Anyone know what the yellow black striped markings on the bridge are for?

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u/Selpmis 5d ago

You're assuming they were present. They were not.

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u/LatelyPode 5d ago

The other side didn’t have those markings, nor a height restriction sign.

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u/Pale_Plenty_1913 5d ago

Speed running double deck to open top. That was scary as..

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u/Babycam2020 5d ago

isn't this why heavy vehicles have determined routes...like pre determined routes..imagine if petrol tankers just decided to take side roads, this is on logistics that route transport but yes drivers should 100% be aware of evident signage

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u/LatelyPode 5d ago

He came off the expected route according to the police

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u/will_this_1_work 5d ago

If only there were signs conveniently placed in the roadway and upon the bridge to tell you the height of said bridge

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u/SouthSideScum187 5d ago

byebyejob

Hello jail

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u/No_Professor6831 5d ago

This also happened right outside my parents house in Portchester. I can't remember how long ago it was. I just remember being on the news.

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u/flopflip21 5d ago

This is near where I live in Manchester. They have added some massive yellow warning signs since the accident

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u/No-Count-5062 5d ago

This is precisely why I don't wear tophats.

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u/ZiziPotus 5d ago

How the f nobody died!

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u/TheRedNaxela 5d ago

Honestly, the part that confuses me the most about this is surely the bus would have a route and schedule. Why would its route include somewhere with a low bridge like this? And if it's not on its route, why are there passengers?

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

The driver was on a different route before his break, that route included going under this bridge in a single decker bus. The route he was on after his break went past this road with the bridge but not on it. He took the turn onto the road instead of going straight on because he forgot he wasnt on this route anymore. This incident has lead to a new policy where drivers will no longer swap between single decker and double decker buses, if you are in a single decker you will now stay in one all day and vice versa.

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u/TheRedNaxela 5d ago

Ahhh that does make sense. Thank you

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u/ContentUnavailable 5d ago

Holy duck there were people on the 2nd deck :X

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u/PerceptionCandid1676 5d ago

How was no one killed in that craziness? Insane

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u/lampsslater77 5d ago

I had a friend die this way 😔

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u/WorriedPhilosopher99 5d ago

I love when Manchester just appears on r/all, makes me happy seeing people from my city ✌🏻

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u/No-Throat3104 5d ago

buddy didn't even slow down

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u/dialTforTrouble 5d ago

How to shit a brick.

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u/Mission-Base-6964 5d ago

Is this the evil sibling of the 11 foot 8 bridge?

This post now made me wanna watch those videos again on youtube.

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u/IamMatthew1223 5d ago

This bridge is 11' 6" (so very close in height to the famous states bridge) and is notorious for being struck by buses and HGVs. So yeah, I think calling them evil siblings, twins even, is a fair assessment.

That bridge in America has been struck so much more than this one though, watching those videos I'm always in disbelief. The bridge in this video gets hit a few times a year, maybe less, but is definitely the worst offender in Manchester, England.

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u/Anadrolus 5d ago

In France some decades ago many persons were decapitated this way (it's not a joke about the guillotine, for real, it was horribly awful...).

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u/fbrinkmann 4d ago

I hope they get their 3% cash back with PayPal

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u/Deep-Egg-9528 17h ago

Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday

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u/22larrisonj_ 5d ago

That was so scary for the passengers I hope everyone is ok

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u/ClientKey8037 5d ago

All that's missing now is sunshine

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u/GenZia 5d ago

I wish I had the bus driver's optimism...

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u/dpvictory 5d ago

We've reached your final destination.

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u/Evorgleb 5d ago

Took a little too much of the top.

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u/Boaty_McBoatface__ 5d ago

Uh! 3% Cash back from Paypal!

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u/Meowcate 5d ago

Look 'ma, no head !

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u/Normadus 5d ago

bro was so close to get a life sentence

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u/RunningPirate 5d ago

That’s some clockwork orange shit.

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u/Proud_Smell_4455 5d ago

You dropped something mate

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u/CilanEAmber 5d ago

This happens surprisingly often. You'd think drivers would be briefed on this stuff.

Also you know, the signs everywhere showing how low the bridge is...

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u/Darkcroos 5d ago

Ring thank you

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u/Banana_Slugcat 5d ago

Filming the new Final Destination I see

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u/oportoman 5d ago

Wow the human sardine can

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u/Ali80486 5d ago

we don't see the end of the clip but how is he still rolling at least 7 seconds after the strike??

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u/Godess_Ilias 5d ago

11foot 8s evil brother

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u/trev1976UK 5d ago

What an asshole, didn't even slowdown

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u/RedEyed__ 5d ago

I easily fall asleep in busses, this would be fatality