Five rescued after bus crashes off bridge near Whitby

Five people have escaped serious injury after a bus crashed off a bridge down an embankment in North Yorkshire.

North Yorkshire Police say it fell down a 30ft embankment into the shallow River Esk at Barnards Road, near Front Street, Grosmont, near Whitby, at around 1.40pm on Saturday 3 August.

A road closure and diversions were put in place as ambulance, fire and rescue and coastguard teams attended the scene to bring those on board to safety

Officers say a crane was brought in to recover the bus, whilst structural engineers are inspecting the badly damaged bridge.

A closure and diversion remains in place

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