A bus has crashed into an opticians, leaving the premises wrecked and half the vehicle embedded in the store.

The front end of the orange, single-decker Yorkshire Tiger bus was left stuck in Shipley Eyewear Opticians in the centre of the West Yorkshire town on Monday lunchtime.

Police said there were no "major injuries".

A West Yorkshire force spokeswoman said: "We were called at 12.05pm to reports a bus had gone into a shop at Market Street.

"Inquiries are continuing."


Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang before realising what had happened.

A police cordon was put around the scene and the road was closed for more than two hours, disrupting local bus services.

After the crash, the bus company said in a tweet that "everyone is okay".