Three killed after car crashes into bus and sparks huge inferno in west London

Three people have died after a bus and a car crashed outside a prison in Feltham, west London. 

The Mercedes hit a single-decker bus outside Feltham Young Offenders Institution just after midnight. 

The H26 bus was heading towards Hatton Cross at the time of the incident that happened on the brow of a railway bridge. 

It is understood that the three who died in the crash were teenagers. Two were male and one female. 

Another girl in the car survived the crash, and a friend of one of the boys who died told Metro: ‘He was a lovely guy, he would give you anything he had.’

He added: ‘He was generous and hardworking. He lived close to where the crash was. He must have been going home.

‘His family are heartbroken, absolutely devastated. When the mother lays the table for dinner there will be one less place.

‘It’s terrible.

The bus driver was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.

The charred shell of the bus remained at the scene today while the burned car was covered with a blue tarpaulin. 

A prison worker told Metro: ‘There was a crash there just last week. Cars are always speeding down here.’

Local Alan McCandless, 70, said: ‘They speed over the bridge. I have lived here 25 years there are accidents there and deaths.

‘There are always flowers there for the dead. What a shame it’s heartbreaking. There were police everywhere overnight.’

A witness, Nero Verbickas, 45, said: ‘We heard a boom like a bomb then I saw a fire. There were people screaming

‘It was terrible. The police told me a woman was driving the car.’

Jessica Fell-Hicks, 22 said she saw the bus on fire and the front ‘exploded’ in the blaze.

She said: ‘The bus was smoking with ambulances and police everywhere.

‘The front of the bus exploded it was like a fireball.

‘There’s accidents all the time. We saw a motorcyclist fire there recently.’

A Met Police spokesperson said: ‘At around 23.55 hrs on Monday, 31 March officers in a response vehicle came across a car alight on Bedfont Road, Feltham.

‘The vehicle had been involved in a collision with a bus at the location.

‘Very sadly, three occupants from the car were pronounced dead at the scene. A fourth occupant was taken to hospital. We await an update on their condition.

‘The bus was also alight and officers led the driver and all passengers to safety. Some were treated for injuries at the scene and two were taken to hospital. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

‘London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service were in attendance to assist with the incident and roads in the area will remain closed while an investigation continues.

‘Anyone with information which could assist is asked to contact 101 quoting CAD 8411.’

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