A BRISBANE City Council bus has plowed into three cars and a popular Indian restaurant in Brisbane's West End, leaving nine people injured and three taken to hospital.
The bus, which was out of service at the time of the incident, remains lodged in the front of Punjabi Palace on Melbourne Street.
Fire crews, tow trucks and Energex are at the scene of the crash.
It appears the bus was travelling southbound along the busy street when it hit a Lexus, Subaru and Mercedes before mounting the footpath outside the restaurant.
IN PICTURES: Bus crashes into Punjabi Palace at West End
A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said nine patients were treated with three taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Punjabi Palace, where a Brisbane City Council bus crashed through the front entrance.
It is believed the bus driver was one of those injured.
Tony Neville and his family arrived shortly after the accident to eat at the damaged restaurant.
"This is our favourite Indian restaurant. We've come from Toowoomba for dinner," he said.
"Half an hour later and we would have been in the middle of it."
Melbourne Street remains closed between Cordelia and Manning Streets.
Ambulance officers treat patients at the scene of a bus crash at Punjabi Palace, West End. Picture: Felicity Sheppard
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