A MAN has been taken to hospital after a double decker bus crashed into a bus shelter outside Tottenham Hale tube station.

Images from the scene showed the front of the bus badly damaged and the ground covered with glass from the shelter.

2 A bus smashed into a stop outside Tottenham Hale bus station on Saturday evening Credit: @999london

2 Footage from the scene appeared to show crowds gathered round someone on the ground

The collision occurred on Saturday evening, with police called to the Ferry Lane station just before 8pm.

London Ambulance service confirmed that a pedestrian was taken to a major trauma centre with leg injuries.

The station has also been closed in the wake of the incident.

One witness tweeted footage that appeared to show crowds gathered around someone lying on the ground next to the shattered bus stop.

She said: "Literally just witnessed this driver [go] straight into the bus stop and a few people.

"I’m shaking from the sound and noise.

"My heart dropped in my stomach."

It is not yet known what caused the crash.

ROUTES DIVERTED

Transport for London said the bus station had been closed and a number of routes diverted.

A spokesperson added: "We are working closely with the bus company, Go Ahead London, and the police to investigate this incident and understand its cause.

"Any death or serious injury on London's roads is one too many, which is why we are committed to a Vision Zero approach to eliminate this by 2041."

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 7.51pm today to reports of a road traffic collision involving a pedestrian at Tottenham Hale bus station, Haringey.

"We sent an incident response officer and an ambulance crew to the scene.

"We treated a man at the scene for leg injuries and took him to a major trauma centre."

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: "Police were called to Tottenham Hale bus station on Ferry Lane, at 7.51pm on Saturday, 7 September to reports of bus crashing into the bus station.

"Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended.

"One man was found injured.

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"He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to hospital.

"Enquiries continue."

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