Yahoo News Four people taken to hospital after car and bus crash on York road
Four people were taken to hospital after a car and bus crashed near the York outer ring road, the ambulance service said.
The B1224 Wetherby Road remains closed in both directions towards Rufforth this afternoon (Saturday, June 29), with emergency services on the scene and drivers urged to avoid the area.
As The Press reported, North Yorkshire Police said the road is likely to be shut for several hours after the crash which happened shortly before 9.30am.
A Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesperson said one person was taken to the major trauma centre at Leeds General Infirmary and three were taken to York Hospital.
The ambulance service received a call about the road traffic collision at 9.22am and deployed three ambulances, two air ambulances and its hazardous area response team (HART) to the scene, they explained.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the car was a Tesla. the crash involved a bus and Tesla.
Two people were freed from the car by firefighters and taken to hospital, a service spokesperson said.
They added: "Crews made the vehicles and scene safe and left the incident in the hands of the police."
