SIX people have been injured after a tree came crashing down onto a busy road in high winds today.
Three of those injured were raced to hospital in a serious condition after a bus and van smashed into the falling tree.
Six people have been injured after a bus and van crashed into a falling tree
The tree was said to have come down on Guildford Road amid high winds
Photos of the scene show a bus with a smashed windscreen and windows on Guildford Road in Horsham, West Sussex.
A grey van could also be seen with a caved in front and smashed windows, with glass shrewn all over the road.
Pics snapped just after the massive tree came down showed it resting in one of the bus’ windows.
South East Coast Ambulance Service said six people were injured in the smash, which happened not long after midday.
Three of those were said to be rushed to hospital in a serious condition, it said.
Metrobus operations director Gordon Frost said: “Due to high winds, a tree fell onto a moving vehicle at Farthings Hill, Horsham.”
The road is said to be closed while crews work to clear the area.
It comes as the Met Office warned snow was set to fall in parts of the UK today.
A yellow weather warning was in place yesterday morning, with the Met Office warning heavy rain would hit south of London, down to Brighton and out to Canterbury.
Certain areas were soaked, with rivers in the likes of Cambridgeshire bursting their banks.
Brits had been told to brace for the temperatures to dip to below zero.
The mercury plunged to -6C in some parts on Friday night leaving much of the country waking up to freezing conditions with “patchy mist and fog in places“.
In Aboyne, Scotland, conditions plummeted to -6.4C during the early hours of Saturday morning.
Chilly conditions settled in from the north leaving frost on the ground – with early risers forced to de-ice their cars due to the cold blast.
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