Cross Gates bus crash: 15 photos which show devastation as bus ploughs into house

A bus company has launched an investigation after one of its vehicles crashed through a wall and destroyed part of a family home.

The Connexions Aberford to Leeds service hit the home on Dovedale Garth shortly after 7am this morning (Thursday). There were no injuries and the bus has now been driven away from the scene.

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The Connexions bus crashed at around 7.10am.

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The scene had to be cleared of rubble before the bus was removed from the drive.

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The bus went into the house backwards, but the front of the vehicle was also badly damaged.

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Police at the scene said the bus driver did not go to hospital, and a West Yorkshire Police spokesperson later confirmed that there were no reported injuries.