SIX people have been injured after a tree came crashing down onto a busy road in high winds.
Three people were raced to hospital in a serious condition after the falling tree smashed into a bus and van.
Photos of the scene show a bus with a smashed windscreen and windows on Guildford Road in Horsham, West Sussex.
A grey van could also be seen with a caved-in front and smashed windows, with glass strewn across the road.
Pictures snapped just after the massive tree came down showed it resting in one of the bus windows.
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South East Coast Ambulance Service said six people were injured in the crash, which happened not long after midday on Monday.
Three were rushed to hospital in a serious condition, it said.
Metrobus operations director Gordon Frost said: "Due to high winds, a tree fell onto a moving vehicle at Farthings Hill, Horsham."
The road was said to be closed for some time as crews worked to clear the area.
A Sussex Police spokesperson said: “Emergency services were called at around 12.45pm on Monday, 26 February to reports of a tree having fallen and hit a bus and a van in Guildford Road, Horsham.
“The road was temporarily closed while both vehicles were recovered, and the tree was removed.
“Four people were treated at the scene for minor injuries.”
The Met Office today warned snow was set to fall in parts of the UK today.
A yellow weather warning was in place yesterday morning, with the Met Office warning heavy rain would hit south of London, down to Brighton and out to Canterbury.
Certain areas were soaked, with rivers in the likes of Cambridgeshire bursting their banks.
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Brits had been told to brace for temperatures to dip to below zero.
The mercury plunged to -6C in some parts on Friday night leaving much of the country waking up to freezing conditions with "patchy mist and fog in places".
In Aboyne, Scotland, conditions plummeted to -6.4C during the early hours of Saturday morning.
Chilly conditions settled in from the north leaving frost on the ground - with early risers forced to de-ice their cars due to the cold blast.
