A heroic nurse ran to the aid of injured bus passengers after a double-decker bus crashed into a shop in a busy Battersea road this morning.

Amy Mullineux, 40, an agency nurse from Wandsworth Common, was on the lower deck of the 77 bus at about 6.40am when it crashed into Poggenpohl Kitchen Design Centre in Lavender Hill.

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Ten people were injured in the horrifying crash which witnesses say happened after the driver “blacked out” at the wheel.

Wandsworth Times:

The brave south Londoner, who works at the Royal London, said: “I was on my phone looking at something.

“I looked up. I realised we were crashing. It was all happening in slow motion, it was very surreal.

“I braced myself, thinking 'oh my god, I am going to die'.”

When Amy realised she was unhurt, as were the rest of the passengers on the bottom floor, she ran upstairs to help anyone that was injured.

She said: “People were getting off the bus, there was a lot of commotion.

“My thinking was, I need to get up the stairs.

“I went on the top of the stairs. There was a lady up there. I have got her blood all over me.

“She was bad. She was crushed to about her waist. I couldn't see her legs - the bus was crushed in.

“I was with her, and she gave me her phone.

“There was a guy there. He was panicking a little bit. I said, ‘I am a nurse, let me in’.

“She was in her 40s. She was quite badly injured, there was blood everywhere.

“She was conscious and panicking.

“I would have stayed with her regardless, but someone was shouting 'fire', and I could smell smoke.

“I could see smoke coming out underneath.”

Ms Mullineux was pulled downstairs away from the crushed woman, who was later rescued by emergency services and brought to hospital.

The courageous nurse said she thinks the driver, who was brought to a south London hospital this morning, “had some sort of fit”.

She said: “But he doesn't remember.

“He passed out.

“He got the biggest shock when he woke up.

“When people went over to him they thought he was dead because his eyes were rolled back in his head.

“When I saw him he was dazed, and we pulled him out.”

Another woman, who is now in hospital, was also trapped after the crash.

Ms Mullineux said: “I didn't see the other victim, but apparently she had ducked under the seat, so that saved her life.”

She added: “I am pretty shaken up. I managed to crack my knee coming off the bus, so I am a bit sore. My blood pressure is through the roof. I am in shock.

“I was really impressed with the ambulance service, with the police.

“People were breaking down the door to get people out. And people were offering us drinks and blankets.

“It's really amazing to see how people pull together, strangers, and the camaraderie.”