(Image: Rest and be Thankful viewing area in Argyll, Scotland, where the coach overturned Credit: Wiki Commons)

Thirty people have been injured, five of them seriously, after a coach overturned on the west coast of Scotland.

Images on social media show the bus standing upright on an embankment, next to a loch.

Police Scotland said 32 people were in the vehicle, most of them tourists.

The crash happened at about 2.10pm on the A83 in Argyll - known as the Rest and be Thankful.

Twenty-five of those injured were described as "walking wounded" while five were said to be in a serious condition.

The Ministry of Defence said a Royal Navy helicopter from HMS Gannet has evacuated people to hospital.

The most seriously hurt were taken to the Southern General in Glasgow and the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) in Paisley.

A search and rescue helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth was on scene to help emergency services if needed.

The A83 has been closed while emergency services deal with the incident.

The coach is operated by Lochs and Glens Holidays, which picks up passengers across the UK.