Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Injury update on five taken to hospital after Dundee crash involving people carrier and bus

A group of American golfers were taken to hospital after their people carrier was involved in a horrific collision with a bus at a notorious Dundee junction.

The incident occurred on Strathern Road at its junction with Fairfield Road at around 10.30am.

Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang as the two vehicles came together on the junction.

The scene of the crash on Strathern Road.

The windscreen of the double decker bus was shattered while the blue people carrier was knocked on to its side.

The road was closed while emergency services attended the incident.

Five people, including three golfers, were taken to hospital. One golfer is understood to have sustained a serious, but not life-threatening, injury to his foot while the other two suffered minor injuries.

They were treated by the side of the road before being taken to Ninewells Hospital by ambulance.

There were nine passengers on the bus, many of whom suffered cuts and scrapes as a result of the collision.

A female conductor on board the number 73 travelling to Arbroath suffered a cut to her head.

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 10.33am to attend a road traffic incident at Strathern Road.

“We dispatched two special operations units, our trauma team, a patient transport vehicle and three accident and emergency crews to the scene and transported five patients to Ninewells.”

A police spokesman asked for witnesses to come forward, adding: “The collision involved a Stagecoach double decker bus, and a blue Toyota ProAce people carrier-style car.”

One Strathern Road resident said: “I didn’t see it but I heard it. It was really, really loud.

“This junction is really bad for accidents. People think cars will slow down to let them cross, but they don’t.”

The crash has led to fresh calls for action to be taken to reduce the number of accidents at the junction.

A Stagecoach spokeswoman said: “We have launched a full investigation into the circumstances and we are co-operating with Police Scotland as required.”

smorkis@thecourier.co.uk