A double decker bus has been badly damaged after crashing into a railway bridge close to Chelmsford city centre.
The top of the Regal Bus Ways vehicle was completely torn off as a result of the collision in Duke Street shortly before 4.30pm. Click here for pictures from our photographer Gareth Morgan
Greater Anglia reported delays of up to ten minutes as a result of the collision but services were running normally by 5pm.
Eyewitness Harriet Minns saw the collision take place.
She said: "I was waiting to get on my bus (42) and as it was coming down the road I heard a bang and turned around just in time to see a double decker heading for the railway bridge.
"It was going quite fast, and looked unable to stop, and it collided with the bridge and a huge cloud of dust came up, bricks flew everywhere off the railway bridge, and people started rushing off buses screaming.
"There was a sort of silence, where shock mixed with panic, and the top of the bus had been sliced off and was now lying in the road."
An Essex Police spokesman said: "Police were called after a bus struck a brodge in Duke Street at around 4.25pm.
"Officers reported to the relevant authoritires that a railway bidge had been struck.
An Essex Fire and Rescue service spokesman added: "Two vehicles from the fire service went down to Duke St at 4.33pm but finished there at 4.43pm having finished their action."
The driver was treated for shock at the scene.
