A DOUBLE decker bus was badly damaged and a truck left the road in a crash.

The front corner of the bus was crumpled inwards exposing machinery underneath and the metal frame of the vehicle was left warped.

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Several windows were shattered and large cracks spread across the windscreen.

The van left the road and was seen nose down in an area of shrubbery.

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A Sussex Police spokesman said: "We were informed at 9.20am of a collision involving a van and a bus on the A26 at Clay Hill, near Lewes.

"A van driver sustained minor injuries."

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The bus involved was a number 29 service, part of the Brighton and Hove Buses fleet.

This travels on the Regency route between Churchill Square in Brighton and Royal Victoria Place in Tunbridge Wells.

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A Brighton and Hove Buses spokeswoman confirmed the incident and said that no passengers were injured.