A WOMAN received treatment from paramedics after a crash involving a car and a bus.

Witnesses reported seeing damage to the side of a bus following a collision in North Station Road, Colchester, shortly before 8pm on Wednesday.

One driver said a white car hit the bus, leaving it with "quite a lot of damage" next to the driver's seat.

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Another witness said: "A car crashed into the side of a double-decker bus.

"As I drove round the roundabout at 8.55pm there were two ambulances and two police cars.

"A third police car was stationed at the Albert roundabout entrance to North Station Road to prevent vehicles driving towards the crash scene."

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Two ambulances attended a road traffic collision on North Station Road in Colchester just before 8pm yesterday.

"An adult woman was assessed at the scene and did not require transportation to hospital.”