{"id":1703,"date":"2025-04-01T08:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2025-04-01T23:09:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:09:32","slug":"three-killed-after-car-crashes-into-bus-and-sparks-huge-inferno-in-west-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/three-killed-after-car-crashes-into-bus-and-sparks-huge-inferno-in-west-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Three killed after car crashes into bus and sparks huge inferno in west London"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two were male and one female.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another girl in the car survived the crash, and a friend of one of the boys who died told Metro: \u2018He was a lovely guy he would give you anything he had.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018He was generous and hardworking. He lived close to where the crash was. He must have been going home.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018His family are heartbroken, absolutely devastated. When the mother lays the table for dinner there will be one less place.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s terrible.<\/p>\n<p>The bus driver was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"369\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22826853 lazyload\" alt=\"Three people dead in crash between car and bus in Feltham South West London\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_245897579-7c59.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The driver and two passengers in the car are said to have died. (Picture: UKNIP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The charred shell of the bus remained at the scene today while the burned car was covered with a blue tarpaulin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A prison worker told Metro: \u2018There was a crash there just last week. Cars are always speeding down here.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Local Alan McCandless, 70,said: \u2018They speed over the bridge I have lived here 25 years there are accidents there and deaths.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tLatest London news\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/31\/barebackers-commuters-plaguing-london-tube-network-22794203\/\">‘Barebackers’ are the commuters plaguing the London tube network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/27\/fungus-infected-zombie-spiders-invaded-london-22801577\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/29\/heathrow-airport-face-disruption-easter-strikes-announced-22815826\/\">Heathrow Airport could face more disruption at Easter after strikes announced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/01\/three-killed-car-crashes-bus-sparks-huge-inferno-22826874\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/01\/three-killed-car-crashes-bus-sparks-huge-inferno-22826874\/\">Three killed after car crashes into bus and sparks huge inferno<\/a><\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>To get the latest news from the capital visit Metro’s<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> London news hub<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018There are always flowers there for the dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What a shame it\u2019s heartbreaking. There were police everywhere overnight. \u2018Specialist accident investigators are on the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22826849 lazyload\" alt=\"Three people dead in crash between car and bus in Feltham South West London\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_245897586-71ca.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Emergency services were called last night (Picture: UKNIP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A witness Nero Verbickas, 45, said: \u2018We heard boom like a bomb then I saw a fire. There were people screaming<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was terrible. The police told me a woman was driving the car.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Fell-Hicks, 22: \u2018The bus was smoking ambulances police everywhere. The front of the bud exploded it was like a fireball. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s accidents all the time. We saw a motorcyclist fire there recently.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A London Ambulance spokesperson said: \u2018At around 23.55 hrs on Monday, 31 March officers in a response vehicle came across a car alight on Bedfont Road, Feltham.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The vehicle had been involved in a collision with a bus at the location.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Very 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The bus was also alight and officers led the driver and all passengers to safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Some were treated for injuries at the scene and two were taken to hospital. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018London 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.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22826850 lazyload\" alt=\"Three people dead in crash between car and bus in Feltham South West London\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_245897546-81cc.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The Mercedes crashed into the single-decker bus close to Feltham Young Offenders institute (Picture: UKNIP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Anyone with information which could assist is asked to contact 101 quoting CAD 8411.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A Met Police spokesperson said: \u2018At around 23.55 hrs on Monday, 31 March officers in a response vehicle came across a car alight on Bedfont Road, Feltham.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The vehicle had been involved in a collision with a bus at the location.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Very 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018London 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Anyone with information which could assist is asked to contact 101 quoting CAD 8411.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T12S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/01\/10\/96781069-0-image-a-4_1743501135631.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-04-01T10:49:27+0100″,”description”:”The Mercedes hit a single-decker H26 bus outside Feltham Young Offenders Institution just after midnight.nnA driver and two passengers in the car are understood to have died.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/04\/01\/4703260996584689428\/480x270_MP4_4703260996584689428.mp4″,”height”:480,”width”:270} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener(‘metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded’, function(data) { if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1709,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions\/1709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}