Bus Crashes into power pole on Princess Street, Bundaberg

Twenty six people were on the bus at the time of the crash on a main intersection in Bundaberg, with two taken to hospital.

A bus with 26 passengers has crashed into a power poll at a busy Bundaberg intersection.

A man has been taken to hospital with leg injuries after a bus crashed into a power poll in Bundaberg on Thursday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to Princess St about 1pm, where 26 people were assessed at the scene.

One man was taken to Bundaberg Hospital with leg pain, and a second patient is expected to be transported shortly.

A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said the scene was secured by 1.15pm.

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Witness Katherine Finch told NewsMail she believed the bus was a “backpacker bus”.

She said the front end passenger side of the bus had been smashed up and the windscreen was smashed.

Ergon Energy also had crews on scene as the crash reportedly cut power to more than 200 customers in the immediate area.

The outages were spread across Bundaberg, Bundaberg East, and Bundaberg South.

A bus with 26 passengers has crashed into a power poll at a busy Bundaberg intersection.

Traffic control and Ergon crew were on the site as of 12.52pm, and the bus has been removed from the scene.

There was no significant obstruction to traffic as of 12.50pm.

This marks the second bus crash in under a week in the region with the first on Saturday evening taking the life of farm worker, Augustin Kalkandi.