Bus crash rescuers say they ‘didn’t know what they would be faced with’

"We didn't do anything different to what any other person would have done.

You don't realise how strong you are until something like that happens."

These are the words of Martyn Pope and Dean Hollands, who were first at the scene of the bus crash in Kidwelly.

Nineteen people were injured[1], with six taken to hospital, as the X11 service overturned after crashing on the A484 near the Kidwelly roundabout in Carmarthenshire, at about 12:20 BST on Tuesday.

No injuries were believed to be life-threatening, Dyfed-Powys Police said.

Pope, from Ferryside, and Hollands, from Mynnydd y Garreg, both work at Bryn Illtud and Erw Hir care homes in Carmarthenshire and were driving behind the bus in their van.

They immediately got out to start helping people out of the vehicle.

They said they "didn't know what we'd be faced with".

Hollands added that "the adrenaline kicked in" as they started to take out a window and smashed through the doors.

References

1. ^ Nineteen people were injured (www.bbc.co.uk)