A WOMAN has been killed after a sightseeing bus and car collided in a horror crash.
The 57-year-old died after the double-decker tourist bus and the car she was driving crashed at a junction near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire yesterday.
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Police are investigating a serious crash involving an open-top bus and a car Credit: RYAN UNDERWOOD 2
A woman died after her car and the sightseeing bus collided Credit: Ryan Underwood
Paramedics were scrambled at 4.39pm to the junction of the B4100 and Oakley Wood Road in Bishops Tachbrook where she was found in a critical condition.
Medical staff battled to save her using CPR, but she died at the scene just before 5pm.
Photos taken at the site of the crash appear to show the car was carrying learner plates.
The bus driver was treated for injuries which aren't believed to be serious and taken to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
HORROR CRASH
No passengers were on board the bus at the time of the fatal collision.
Police officers were seen investigating the crash site yesterday.
A Warwickshire Police spokesman said: "We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision near Bishops Tachbrook yesterday.
"Police responded to reports that a car and a bus had collided on the junction of the B4100 and Oakley Wood in Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa, at approximately 4.40pm.
"Officers found the driver of the car, a woman aged 47, in a critical condition when they arrived.
"Ambulance and fire crews were also present and CPR was performed but sadly, despite best efforts by all parties, the woman could not be revived and was pronounced dead at 4.58pm.
"Next of kin have been informed. The bus driver was treated by paramedics but suffered no serious injuries."
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival crews discovered a woman, who was the car driver, in a critical condition.
"Ambulance staff administered advanced life support but sadly, despite their best efforts, and the best efforts of colleagues from the police and fire services, it became apparent nothing could be done to save her and she was confirmed dead at the scene.
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“The bus driver was treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire by land ambulance.
“There were no other passengers on the bus at the time of the collision.”
Police appealed for witnesses to contact them on 101 quoting incident 311 of 6 July 2021.