(03 Jul 2013, 5:52 pm)cbma06 wrote I was told by a Deptford driver this afternoon that there was an RTA just outside of Durham City this morning and a rear wheel came off the bus on service 20, don't know if it was a prince bishop branded bus or normal bus, forgot to ask him as I only spoken to the driver for a brief time.
I know that Arriva service 22 and 24 were heavily delayed this morning by the RTA so must of been between Gilesgate and Durham Bus Station.
Anybody got any updates about what the fleet number was?.
Been speaking to a driver today and got the following information:
what ive been told, without naming names, Another driver saw the back rear wheel start to wobble and reported it to control, control radio the driver, the driver checked only the front wheels and got the ok from control to carry on, then the wheel came off and while the bus was stationary a car went into the back of the bus as the car driver was not paying attention, the driver of the 20 was from Poland so there might of been a mix up of the English language, driver and controller been suspended until the safety people have been in to find out the reason, GNE checking all there buses at Deptford especially the scanias, the wheels on the bus used to have those yellow arrows on pointing to eachover but GNE stopped using them as the wheels used to get to hot and the triangles used to melt.