Video footage has emerged of the moment a crowd of people in Walthamstow, London, lifted a double-decker bus off a trapped unicyclist.
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Up to 100 people rushed to help the man, who has been left in a serious condition in hospital, following the accident in Hoe Street on Thursday evening, the Evening Standard reported.
The crowd managed to slightly lift the 12-tonne bus and move it off the man before he was treated by the emergency services, Sky News reported.
Off-duty paramedic manager Stephen Hines was the first medic on scene, the Independent reported. He told the newspaper the unicyclist had already been removed by the time he arrived.
Eyewitness Kyra Sam also told the Standard: "I'm really amazed at the strength of Walthamstow – no one hesitated to push the bus off, I was in shock."
"Everyone really came together to help – it was really nice to see that in the face of something so awful."
Police said no arrests had been made following the collision.
"Police were called at 5.50pm to a bus in collision with a unicyclist in Hoe Street, E17," the Metropolitan police said in a statement.
"The male unicyclist was taken by ambulance to an east London hospital where his condition is believed to be serious."