A bus has ploughed into a house in Sydney’s south-west. The family living there escaped a potential tragedy only because they were out on the morning school run. Neighbours have described the horrifying moments leading up to the crash, which was captured on CCTV.
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00:00A suburban Sydney home left in ruins.
00:07And I heard a massive bang like a bomb and I came out and I think it was in my neighbour's
00:11house.
00:12The moment of collision was caught on CCTV.
00:18Zayyad Hilal can be seen running into the Bonnie Rigg Heights home to see if anyone
00:23was there.
00:24And when I came to the living room it was just all completely crumbled.
00:29Fortunately the family had left for the first day of school.
00:33I'm just sad like the house of my kids and my family we lived in for a while now it's
00:41down so I don't know what to do.
00:43The neighbour who was at home at the time of the crash said he saw the bus travelling
00:48up the street at a high speed before it eventually crashed into the home at the top of the T
00:53intersection.
00:54All passengers walked away from the crash uninjured.
00:58The driver is believed to be in his fifties and was taken to Liverpool Hospital for minor
01:03injuries.
01:04I wasn't expecting anything like that it's just shocking what's happened.
01:08An investigation into the cause of this crash is ongoing.