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A BUS driver was taken to hospital after three buses collided in Cardiff city centre during yesterday morning’s rush hour.
The driver was taken to the University Hospital of Wales after suffering minor back injuries after the crash in Westgate Street just before 9am.
The Number 27 from Llanishen to the city centre was involved in the incident outside the Queens Vaults pub, along with another Cardiff Bus, thought to be on the Heath Hospital route, and a Stagecoach bus.
South Wales Police and ambulance services were called to the scene but no passengers on any of the buses were thought to be hurt.
A spokesman for South Wales Ambulance Service said: “We had a call just after 9am to an incident outside the Queens Vaults in Westgate Street. There was one casualty, one of the drivers, who had minor back injuries and was taken to UHW.”
Paul Hampson, a passenger on the Number 27, was on his way to work as an adviser at Media Wales in Park Street. He said there were about 15 passengers on the bus at the time of the crash.
He said: “The driver put through on the radio what had happened and asked if all the passengers were all right. No-one was injured.”
The windscreen of one of the buses was completely smashed by the impact.
Nancy Luceas, from Llanrumney, Cardiff, arrived at the scene just after the collision on her way to her work at Southgate House, Wood Street.
She said she heard the windscreen smash.
She said: “I came here just after it had happened. The windscreen just shattered. The bus driver looked like he was hurt and was taken in the ambulance. I don’t think any passengers were hurt.”
A spokesman for Cardiff Bus said: “Cardiff Bus can confirm that an incident took place involving two of its vehicles on Westgate Street. One driver has been taken to hospital as a precaution but no passengers have been injured.
“We are investigating the collision, taking into account the hazardous road conditions, and cannot comment further at this time.”
A public bus has crashed into a shop in , Wales. No one is believed to have been injured.
The bus was nearly empty when it crashed into a closed, shuttered shop.  
The nearly-empty bus was leaving the Cardiff central bus depot in Wood Street at approximately 7pm local time when witness say it failed to complete a left turn onto , instead crashing into the shuttered doors of the Pure Rugby sport memorabilia shop. The shop was closed and empty at the time. Police and an ambulance were called to the scene of the accident and the area was cordoned off; St. Mary Street was closed to bus traffic and buses throughout the city centre were put on alternate routes for the evening.

While South Wales, along with much of Great Britain, has suffered from icy conditions in recent weeks, roads and sidewalks were clear. The accident comes three days after a three-bus collision injured a driver on Westgate Street, one street over from St. Mary Street.