A bus passenger was left picking shards of glass out of his eyes after the vehicle crashed into a metal pole yesterday morning.

Father-of-three Dwight Burcher was sitting next to the window when it shattered during the collision near Flatts Village at about 7.45 a.m.

The 47-year-old said his eyesight went blurred before firefighters arrived at the scene to flush his eyes out with water. He was then taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for further treatment.

"There's nothing like having pieces of glass all over your face and in your eyes first thing in the morning," he told The Royal Gazette.

"I was going to work minding my own business. Then I was thinking: 'Geesh man, I'm going blind.' It scares the bejesus out of you."

Yesterday morning, hospital staff told Mr. Burcher no glass seemed to remain in his eyes. However, with one eye bloodshot and the other bandaged up, he was still complaining about headaches and was set to visit his GP for more tests.

Mr. Burcher had been making his way to work at Grotto Bay Hotel on the 7.15 a.m. bus from Hamilton to St. George's.

Police say the vehicle, which had 25 passengers onboard, drifted to its left on North Shore Road, near its junction with Jennings Road, as a Belco truck approached from the other direction. The bus collided with the pole, shattering the left side rear window. Inquiries are underway, although it is thought nobody else was injured.

Mr. Burcher thanked fellow passengers for taking care of him immediately after the accident. He said he approached this newspaper because the Department of Transport had not been in touch to ask about his well-being.

"I'm really irritated by the lack of interest they seems to be showing," he said. "I haven't seen nothing or heard anything like sorry. They haven't made an effort to see how I'm doing.

"Their inaction is making me take action. I could have been hurt really really bad, and they have no idea. It's just business as usual."

Yesterday, the Department of Transport did not respond to requests for comment over whether it was investigating the incident, and about Mr. Burcher's remarks.