THREE young women were injured when a car and a double decker bus collided in Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, early today.

The accident happened shortly after midnight as the off-service, empty Solent Blue Line bus was returning to its depot.

All three injured females - said to be in their late teens - were taken to Winchester's Royal Hampshire County Hospital by ambulance.

After the crash the Citroen Saxo car was smoking and Eastleigh firefighters were called to the scene.