First Manchester

[Solo40336]

RE: First Manchester

(22/02/2018 22:04)Brickmill Wrote:  The MEN are carrying a story that about nine passengers have been injured (none seriously) after a collision in Smallshaw this about 1810 this evening, involving a First Solo, two cars and a tree. One of the cars left the scene - draw your own conclusions. The bus was working the last 393 from Ashton, and was reportedly badly damaged, although footage shows little damage to the rear and sides. The bus *might* be 40333, but pictures are small and a bit blurred.

Good thing is there's no serious injury a, plenty of whiplash claims I reckon...

Think the bus is 40335, as it's the only one in Olympia colours with a dot matrix screen. Main problem is the tree hit the nearside front end, where the battery's and fuse board is located and with the recent cull, and clear out of that batch of Solos I couldn't imagine them paying for all new gear for a bus that must surely have a limited life span now. Purely speculation from the pictures on social media so who knows... 62231 had a whole new front end fitted and only managed a week in service before being withdrawn.