Three children have been taken to hospital after a double-decker bus crashed into a railway bridge, tearing its roof off.
Police and ambulance teams were called to the school bus collision in Newport, Gwent, on Tuesday morning.
Three children were taken to hospital but their conditions were said not to be life-threatening. Others were treated at the scene, outside a children's nursery.
Train services were expected to be disrupted or cancelled after the bridge collision - Wales News Service
The bus is understood to have been travelling to a Welsh-speaking high school Ysgol Gwent Is Coed in the Duffryn area of the city.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGwent Police said: "We received a report of a road traffic collision in Newport, at around 7.45am on Tuesday.
"Officers attended, along with crews from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the Welsh Ambulance Service. The collision involved a school bus and a railway bridge."
The roof of the bus was left lying in the road - Wales News Service
The police statement concluded: "Three children have sustained injuries and will be attending hospital for treatment. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening."
Transport for Wales said train services between Newport and Hereford were likely to be severely disrupted.
