Woman dies after being pinned against building in Brisbane CBD bus crash

An 18-year-old girl has died after being pinned by a bus towards a constructing in a horror crash in Brisbane’s CBD.

The bus driver misplaced management of the automobile and mounted a kerb in Brisbane’s CBD simply after 5pm, trapping {the teenager} towards the ANZAC Sq. Arcade.

Emergency companies rushed to the scene on the nook of Edward Avenue and Ann Avenue with paramedics making an attempt to deal with the younger girl for life-threatening accidents.

The lady died on the scene, police mentioned, with the forensic crash unit now investigating.

Solely 9 individuals had been on the bus on the time of the crash with all passengers assessed by paramedics.

5 individuals had been taken to hospital with minor accidents, Queensland Ambulance Service mentioned, together with the driving force who was “struggling the impacts of shock”.

9 ambulance crews attended the incident, described by Senior Sergeant Steve Watterson as a “horrendous scene”.

Premier Steven Miles prolonged his condolences to the household on social media.

“I am saddened to listen to the information {that a} girl has died after a bus was concerned in a critical crash in Brisbane CBD this night,” he posted on X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter.

“Our ideas exit to all these concerned.”

Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner additionally issued an announcement following the “really devastating incident”.

“My coronary heart goes out to everybody impacted by this tragedy,” he mentioned.

“Listening to this information has completely shocked me and I am certain your entire Brisbane group can be feeling this tonight.

“None of us going about our every day lives ever anticipate something like this.”

The bus was towed away from the scene round 9pm native time (10pm AEDT) after important site visitors delays within the space for a number of hours.