Firm pledges 'full investigation' into bus crash

A "full investigation" will be conducted into how and why a bus crashed into a building in Leeds city centre, its operator has said.

Six passengers suffered minor injuries when the bus crashed into The Light leisure complex on Albion Street at about 16:35 GMT on Monday.

A spokesperson for First Bus said a parked car was also damaged by the vehicle, one of its route five buses, and confirmed the company was helping police with their inquiries.

Following the incident, the road was closed to traffic and pedestrians for several hours during the evening rush-hour period, but has since been reopened.

James Lewis, leader of Leeds City Council, said the crash, along with a bomb scare at Asda's head office elsewhere in the city centre earlier in the day, had left "a lot of people worried".

On Monday afternoon, an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on a "suspicious package" which had been delivered to Asda House, on Great Wilson Street.

Lewis said of both incidents: "It turns out they are not perhaps as serious as they first looked and the roads opened again yesterday evening.

"It was a couple of potentially really serious incidents, but both are now clear and we are back to normal in Leeds city centre."

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