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Bus Éireann has begun an investigation after one of its double-decker buses was trapped under a bridge in Cork City when the driver took a wrong turn on a suburban route.
No one was injured when the double-decker bus on Route 220 Ovens-to-Carrigaline took a wrong turn after leaving the Fingerpost in Douglas and mistakenly came down Church Road around 11.15pm.
The driver continued on Church Road, but the bus got stuck under the 3.4 meter high bridge leading to Carrigaline Road back to the center of the village of Douglas.
No one was injured in the incident and the bus passengers were safely evacuated from the vehicle and were able to continue their journey when Bus Éireann provided a substitute bus to take them to Carrigaline.
Gardaí closed Church Road and put detours in place while Bus Éireann staff and Cork City Council assessed the situation before a decision was made to attempt to tow the bus from under the bridge.
A Bus Éireann crane was able to remove the bus from under the bridge and the bus was returned to the Bus Eireann depot in Capwell, where it underwent a full inspection.
It is understood that the bus sustained minimal damage to its roof in the incident that was posted on Twitter by Cork Safety Alerts.
Cork City Council engineers also carried out an inspection of the bridge and, after verifying that there was no structural damage in the incident, both Church Road and Carrigaline Road reopened to traffic.
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