Taxi rolls into bus on Carmarthen RoadTRAFFIC flow was affected in Swansea after a taxi "rolled down a bank" and collided with a bus.
Emergency services were sent to Carmarthen Road, near the junction leading to Poundstretcher and Aldi, just after 1pm yesterday afternoon following the incident.
The black Mercedes taxi is believed to have rolled down a grass bank from the car park for Poundstretcher before colliding with the First Cymru X11 to Llanelli.
The bus driver received minor injuries and was treated by ambulance staff at the scene.
Despite three ambulances arriving at the scene there were no reports of any serious injuries among the passengers.
An eyewitness said: "It rolled down the bank as the bus was turning into the bus stop.
"The taxi driver is ok and nobody on the bus was hurt."
There was some damage to the front driver's side of the bus and the taxi's driver's side front wheel had punctured.
A police car closed off the inside lane of the stretch of dual-carriage way while the taxi was moved to the side and the bus towed away.
A spokeswoman for the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that a crew from Swansea had taken a call to attended the incident at 12.58pm.
She said: "There was a road traffic collision involving a single decker bus and a taxi.
"No persons were trapped and the driver received some treatment from the ambulance service. Fire fighters were involved in making the scene safe. They left the scene at 1.11pm."
A spokeswoman for First Cymru said: "We can confirm that one of our vehicles, which was operating on Service X11 towards Llanelli, was involved in an incident on Monday afternoon.
"The bus did sustain some damage as a result of the collision but thankfully none of the passengers on board, nor the driver, sustained any injuries."
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