Car's 'high speed' impact with rear of bus shuts major Loughborough road for more than two hours through night

A car had a 'high speed' collision with a bus leading to a Loughborough road being closed for several hours through the night.

At around 2.50am emergency services were called to the A512 Ashby Road westbound, close to the entrance to the Loughborough University campus.

Three fire crews from the town and nearby Birstall attended the location between Schofield Road and Holywell Way to find a collision, which involved "one car having had a high speed impact into rear of a bus".

Police closed the road to traffic while work was carried out at the scene to free two male casualties who were trapped by their injuries inside the car.

Firefighters made space for treatment to be carried out by East Midlands Ambulance Service. One man who had suffered head injuries walked free while a second had to be extricated by the fire service onto a long board.

Both were taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham while the vehicles were made safe.

The road was fully reopened to traffic at around 5.30am.

What police said

Leicestershire Police confirmed they were called to the scene in the early hours of the morning.

A force spokeswoman said: "Officers were called at 2.48am today to a collision involving a car and bus on the A512 Ashby Road, Loughborough.

"Two men, who were in the car, were taken to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.

"No-one on the bus was injured.

"A road closure was in place on Ashby Road while emergency services were at the scene."