Major bus crash near Healesville, emergency services responding
A teenage boy and a man in his 50s are in serious condition after a bus and several cars collided on an isolated road northeast of Melbourne.
A scheduled bus service travelling to Melbourne from Mansfield collided with multiple vehicles on the Melba Highway at Glenburn about 2.40pm on Thursday.
At least 21 people were assessed by paramedics at the scene, including a teenage boy who was airlifted to hospital with upper body injuries.
Another man aged in his 50s was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
Paramedics treated a teenage girl who was transported to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a stable condition. Another young male was taken to hospital with upper body injuries.
“A specialist Air Ambulance Victoria helicopter (HEMS) crew, and multiple Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedic crews are assessing multiple patients at the scene,” Ambulance Victoria said in a statement.
The bus was operated by Mee’s Bus Lines and was scheduled to arrive at Southern Cross Station at 4.30pm.
General manager Roger Mee said it was unknown how many passengers were onboard at this stage but said that the company was in the process of contacting the relevant authorities.
“We’re aware of the accident and emergency services are attending at the moment, we’ve got staff attending as well,” Mee said. “At this stage we’re still in a response mode.”
Police said the incident involves multiple vehicles, one of them a bus.
The impact of the collision caused the bus to run off the road and down an embankment.
Steve Waters was travelling with friends from Yarck back to Melbourne when they came upon the scene, just as police were arriving. He first noticed something was wrong when the cars in front of his started flashing their warning lights.
“We saw a small white vehicle on the right-hand side, it basically looked like it had been cut in half,” he said.
“It was a real mess and really crushed in… the engine was in front of the car.”
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