Three children and two adults have been taken to hospital after a double-decker bus hit a shop in north-east London.
The crash happened on Selwyn Avenue in Highams Park, Chingford, at about 08:20 GMT, the Metropolitan Police said.
An eyewitness told the BBC that the driver said "his brakes had failed" and he had to be cut free by firefighters. "I called 999 and as I was speaking to police I was helping people getting off the bus - as were lots of others."There was plenty of crowding and a few local shopkeepers came out with water and toilet roll to mop up blood and petrol.Image source,Eric Garip, who helped at the scene of the crash, said some passengers were in tears
Eric Garip, 38, described hearing a "big bang" on the opposite side of the road and began trying to carry people out through the emergency door of the bus."We were trying to take the kids out and they were panicking. I spoke to the driver and said to come out, he said: 'I can't, I'm stuck.
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