Wrestling schoolboys fall from top deck window of a moving bus

A pair of schoolboys were taken to hospital after falling from a top deck window on a bus in Walsall, West Midlands, yesterday.

The pair fell from the vehicle along Sutton Road around 3.30pm yesterday after briefly play-fighting.

A shocking video captured the pair wrestling on the back seat, being egged on by pals, before they both fell against the window.

The window suddenly gave way, sending both boys tumbling backwards to the ground below as onlookers screamed.

West Midlands Police said both were taken to Walsall Manor Hospital with injuries which are ‘thankfully not believed to be life-changing.’

A force spokesperson said: ‘We have spoken to a number of witnesses and have been liaising with the bus company.’

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called to an incident on Beacon Road in Aldridge at around 3.30pm and sent two ambulances and a paramedic officer to the scene.

‘On arrival, crews found two teenage boys who they treated for potentially serious injuries before conveying them to Walsall Manor Hospital.’

The accident comes just weeks after three other children fell from a double-decker bus window in Manchester.

The accident happened when the children were on their way home from St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School.

The teenagers suffered ‘potentially serious’ injuries when they fell through a window of the double-decker on Bolton Road back on January 8.

An air ambulance landed at the scene before the boys were taken for treatment.

Head teacher Mark Dumican wrote to parents at the time and said there were ‘no life-threatening injuries’ and that the boys were being ‘assessed in hospital’.

 A senior officer said it appeared to be ‘an unfortunate accident.’

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