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@Aroogah
Ok. This is something I know a thing or two about.
The mangling is done by the fire department and paramedics who have to cut people out of the car probably for medical reasons (patient extraction) or due to distortion of doors which would render them inoperable. The crash cage of the car looks relatively intact. The accident damage appears to be to the front part of the car which is consistent with the damage to the bus. The bus (as a rolling object) would absorb most of the kinetic energy from the car which is why it didn't end up too far away. That explains the high casualty rate in the car.