Bus passengers spoke of their horror after a teenage motorcyclist was involved in a fatal crash with their vehicle last night.

The travellers were helped to safety through a window as emergency workers battled to save the 19-year-old who was left trapped under the bus. Hospital medics later pronounced him dead.

The teenager, whose death was the tenth on Bermuda?s roads this year, was from St. George?s. His name had not been released by press time.

The drama unfolded around 9 p.m as the almost-full Number 11 service from Hamilton was passing Shelly Bay, heading to St. George?s.

Police said the victim was travelling in the opposite direction when he apparently lost control on a left hand bend at Doctor?s Lane and ended up pinned under the front door of the vehicle.

?It was drizzling with rain and I was looking out of the window when I saw a shadow of someone on a bike sliding across into our lane and go right under the bus,? said Moses Clocuh, 34, who was en route to Bailey?s Bay.

?Everyone was in shock and confused. The bus driver did very well to stop the bus. I jumped out of the window and saw the medical guys try to talk to the victim. He was talking and alive on the ground.?

Lin Zemliauskas, 53, from Connecticut saw the teen on his orange Yamaha V80 motorcycle before the crash.

?It seemed like it was just speeding around the corner. His wheels came out and went under the bus and everyone screamed. The passengers are very upset,? he said.

A woman who did not wish for her name to be printed said: ?I am devastated. It is unbelievable. I have never seen anything like this in my life.

?There was a ?per-clunk? noise as the rider went right into the bus. We tried to get off but saw the man under the bus and could not get out, so I got out of the window. He was breathing for a while. The paramedics came and put needles in him.?

The woman said the motorcycle appeared to veer across the yellow lines in the centre of the road on the sharp bend.

?He was ?wide open? to turn the corner. When I say wide open, I mean at speed a little bit. It was not the bus driver?s fault.

?She took precautions and drove slowly and everything. She didn?t drive at speed,? claimed the witness.

Police spokesman Dwayne Caines said the victim was trapped under the bus for around 35 minutes before being extricated by members of the fire service and taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. He was pronounced dead at 10.05 p.m.

?The passengers were helped out of the vehicle via the emergency window. None of them were injured,? added Mr. Caines.

Public Transportation Board director Dann Simmons visited the scene to offer support.

He said the woman driver, who is a senior member of staff, was shocked and had been taken to hospital for checks.

?My sympathies go to the family of the victim,? he said, adding that staff would be fully debriefed after the tragedy.

A second bus arrived at the scene at around 10.15 p.m to convey the stranded passengers to their destinations.

North Shore road remained shut late last night, with Police diverting traffic to other routes as detailed investigations continued at the scene.