Two women have been rushed to hospital after a bus crashed into a tree in Dagenham, east London.

The Metropolitan Police reported that the accident took place on Hedgemans Road around 10am on Wednesday.

Social media images of the aftermath show that the bus’s roof was completely removed. Both police officers and the London Ambulance Service were present at the scene, where they discovered two injured women.

The victims were transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure, with their injuries neither life-threatening nor life-altering, according to the authorities.

Investigations into the cause of the collision are ongoing.

Local resident Stevie Fletcher told PA news agency that the bus’s roof had been “clean off”.

She said: “I heard sirens and looked out of my window to see emergency services just up the road.”

She adding: “I went to have a look and the bus roof had been taken clean off, apparently by a tree.

“A friend of mine was on that bus, she was on the lower deck.”