Published: Thursday, 8th January, 2009 11:10am

Lucky escape for trainee driver as bus smashes into tree

by Mike Greenshields

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A TRAINEE bus driver ended a lesson in disastrous style after smashing his vehicle into a tree.

The National Express trainee, who has not been named, was taking part in a lesson with a trainer at the company's training site off Wexham Road when he lost control and collided with the tree.

Firefighters and police arrived at the scene shortly after 12pm today (Wednesday) and temporarily closed the road off as a precaution.

A spokeswoman for Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue said: "A pump from Langley attended the scene at 12.05pm after there were reports of heavy fuel spillage. No other vehicles were involved in the collision and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was made safe by the crew within 40 minutes."

A spokeswoman for National Express added: "An incident occurred today involving a trainee vehicle. There were no passengers on board and we have launched an internal investigation."