Girl, 15, fighting for her life as 20 are injured in Croydon ‘drug-driving’ bus crash

A teenage girl is fighting for her life and 19 others were injured after a bus crash in south London.

The 15-year-old is in a critical condition in hospital following the crash in Croydon on Sunday, which police say is a suspected drug-driving incident.

A total of 18 people were taken to hospital after a route 198 double-decker crashed on Station Road at 12.20pm.

It collided with another bus, a car and a bus shelter at West Croydon Bus Station in south London, Scotland Yard believes.

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Metropolitan Police officers arrested the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after failing a roadside drugs screening test.

The 15-year-old was a passenger on the bus and was taken to a south London hospital where she remains in a critical condition.

Steve Reed, Labour & Co-op MP for Croydon North, tweeted: “Hope and pray the young woman hit by a bus and others affected at Croydon bus station will be ok – horrific incident requires full investigation into how this could happen.”

Twenty patients were treated at the scene and 18 were taken to hospital with mostly minor injuries, the London Ambulance Service said.

Eight ambulance crews, a motorcycle paramedic and London’s Air Ambulance were also in attendance.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police on 101.