According to the Evening Standard, members of BARONESS and their crew are recovering in hospital in Bristol after their tour bus plunged over a viaduct in heavy rain. The Savannah, Georgia band were touring Britain and Europe when their coach crashed through a safety barrier and fell 30ft.

Emergency services said two people, including the driver, were trapped in the wreckage. They were cut free and, having suffered the most serious injuries including multiple fractures, were taken to Frenchay Hospital.

According to Great Western Ambulance Service, the other seven suffered more minor injuries and were taken to Royal United Hospital in Bath.

Baroness's line-up consists of John Baizley, Peter Adams, Matt Maggioni and Allen Blickle. They played in Bristol on Tuesday night and were travelling to a gig in Southampton when the accident happened at the junction of Brassknocker Hill and the A36 in Bath at 11.30am.

Inspector Steve Mildren, from Avon and Somerset Police, told reporters at the scene yesterday: "At 11.30am this morning we received a telephone call from a member of the public. They told us a coach had come down over Brassknocker Hill at the junction of the A36 and had left the road and had landed on the road at the bottom of the viaduct.

"We know that there were nine passengers on the coach. They have all been accounted for and there are some injuries there and they are receiving medical treatment at hospital. At this time we don't believe that any of those injuries are life-threatening.

"It had been raining really heavily, as it has been for much of the day."

An investigation is now under way to establish how and why the coach left the road.

The temporary road closures around the scene of the crash were lifted yesterday.

"Motorists are thanked for their patience while the emergency services dealt with this incident," the spokesman added.