Bus driver dies after falling ill at the wheel and crashing double-decker into a garden

• The man crashed after driving through Oldbury, West Midlands, this morning 
• Driver suffered ‘medical episode’, police said and paramedics couldn’t save him 
• There were no passengers on board and no one else was hurt in the incident

A bus driver has died after falling ill at the wheel and crashing the double-decker vehicle into a garden. 

The man was driving through Oldbury in the West Midlands this morning when he suffered a ‘medical episode’.

Emergency services were called to the scene after the bus crashed into the wall of a front garden.

A bus driver has died after falling ill at the wheel and crashing the double-decker vehicle into a garden

The man was driving through Oldbury in the West Midlands this morning when he suffered a ‘medical episode’

Paramedics did all they could but unfortunately could not save the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were no passengers on board at the time of the crash and no one else was hurt in the incident.

Pictures from the scene, shared on social media, show the bus wedged on top of a small garden wall, with plants and trees surrounding it, inches from a house.

The sign on the front of the bus read ‘not in service’ and a road was cordoned off after emergency services arrived.

A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: ‘A bus driver has died after suffering a medical episode in Oldbury this morning.

‘The bus collided with a wall at the junction of Titford Road and Wolverhampton Road at around 7.40am.

‘There were no passengers on the bus and no one else has been injured. Road closures are in place which will be lifted in due course.

‘Our thoughts are with the loved ones of the man.’

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