Girl, 8, taken to hospital after car and bus collide on Aberdeen road

An eight-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after a car and bus collided on an Aberdeen road.

The incident happened shortly before 7.30am this morning on Byron Avenue.

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call to attend a road traffic collision on Byron Avenue in Aberdeen.

“We dispatched one ambulance to the scene.

“One female patient aged eight was taken to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.”

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland confirmed one woman had also been left badly shaken by the crash.

They added: “We originally received a call for a two vehicle road traffic collision.

“It has been confirmed that it was a car and a bus involved in the incident. An ambulance was requested after a woman was left shaken by the crash.”