Bus crash: Police list the injured - Arriva says diesel may have mixed with rainwater on the road

Two Arriva drivers and 22 passengers were injured, two of them seriously, in a collision involving three buses at Portes des Bombes this afternoon.  Sixteen were hospitalised and the rest were treated at Floriana health centre. None of the injuries are life-threatening. The accident happened at about 3 p.m. when a bus heading out of Floriana crashed into the side of Portes des Bombes. It tore off part of its side and dislodged stones off the gate. Two other buses then crashed into each other, with one of them then crashing into a centre strip. Damage included a smashed windscreen. A fleet of ambulances arrived on the scene within a few minutes and the injured were given first aid on site.  One passenger was seen being placed on a stretcher with her neck in a brace. Others were seen with blood on several parts of their body. Arriva said that one of the two seriously injured persons is a driver. Some of the passengers who were not seriously hurt were taken to Floriana health centre in another bus, accompanied by a nurse. The road  was closed to all traffic after the accident and a big traffic jam built up in St Anne Street. At one time there were 14 buses stopped on the lane to...