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Blackness Avenue crash: Xplore Dundee bus removed from tenement

The driver of the bus remains in hospital six days after the crash.

The Dundee Explore bus removed from Blackness Avenue six days after it crashed into a tenement building.
The Dundee Explore bus removed from Blackness Avenue six days after it crashed into a tenement building. Image: Kenny Smith/DC Thomson

The Xplore Dundee bus that crashed into a ground floor flat on Blackness Avenue has been removed.

Structural engineers have spent the past five days removing parts of the tenement building to make it easier to remove the bus..

The bus crashed into the building at around 11.20pm on Saturday, October 7.

On Friday morning, enough space was made for the bus to be removed from the area.

Work is still taking place on the building. Image: Kenny Smith/DC Thomson

Earlier in the morning, a spokesperson for Xplore Dundee told The Courier that the bus was set to be moved.

They said: “There is a chance that it will be moved today.

“We obviously can’t guarantee that it will happen, it depends on the final clearance of the structural engineers.”

Xplore Dundee has confirmed that the driver of the bus remains in hospital.

Xplore Dundee CCTV footage still to be accessed

The cause of the crash is still to be determined.

The Xplore Dundee spokesperson said: “We cannot access the CCTV because the bus cannot be moved and therefore we cannot determine what caused the accident.

Earlier this week, a Police Scotland spokesperson said:  “The male driver of the bus was taken by ambulance to Ninewells Hospital where he remains for treatment.  Medical staff describe his condition as stable.

“There was one passenger on the bus but he did not require hospital treatment.

“The two female occupants of the flat were not injured.

Structural engineers at Blackness Avenue
Structural engineers have attended the property since Monday to help remove the bus. Image: Ben MacDonald/DC Thomson

“The bus remains in situ and the block of flats has been evacuated.

“Enquiries into the crash are continuing.”

Local residents shared their experiences of the incident, with one saying that they had ‘never seen anything like it’.

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