The man is believed to have lost control of his vehicle as he drove down Tong Road and turned into Pudsey Road, Bramley, just after 8am.

His vehicle, a Volvo tipper, fell onto its left side crushing a bus shelter on Pudsey Road and destroying a lamppost.

The truck belongs to Bradford Waste Traders and spilled its cargo of scrap metal across the shelter and on to the grass verge.

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Builder Steve Richardson, 43, of Headingley, was working in a council house nearby and was one of the first at the scene.

He said: "I just heard and felt this tremendous rumbling which must have been when the truck was going over.

"I ran towards the road and the driver was lying on the grass in front of the truck.

"The windscreen was out and his head was covered in blood. He said he'd gone through it.

"All he was concerned about was if there was there anybody in the bus shelter. I told him there wasn't.

"He was so lucky that the truck has stopped where it did because he landed just in front of it on the grass.

"He asked me to ring his wife and let her know that he was being taken to hospital."

Police were called at 8.49am to the accident and cordoned off the road.

The fire brigade and ambulance arrived around the same time and the victim, believed to be 36, was taken to Leeds General Infirmary.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "The driver was breathing and conscious when he was taken to hospital. It is not believed that his injuries were life-threatening."

Another truck from Bradford Waste Traders was filled with the metal from the crashed vehicle using a mechanical crane.

The damage Volvo was then pulled upright using a metal cable attached to a heavy-duty rescue truck from David Brockley & Son of Drighlington.

Workmen were still clearing up the site at 11am today (Sat, Oct 11] including sweeping shattered glass from the bus shelter off the street.