Fifteen people in hospital after bus hits pedestrians outside London Victoria station
Fifteen people were taken to hospital after a bus hit a pavement and hit the pedestrians during a rush clock accident near one of the most intense stations in London.
Metropolitan police, London ambulance service, London Air Ambulance and London Fire Brigade, 24 hours after the participation of a traffic collision of around 8.20 after the report was called to the London Victoria Station on Thursday, a major emergency intervention was initiated.
In total, the police said that 17 people were injured in the incident, two people were treated at the scene and 15 people were taken to hospital, including bus passengers and drivers. Officers said that none of them were subjected to life -threatening injuries and was not arrested.
Eyewitnesses, while the bus traveling from Westminster, “really goes fast and left the road,” he said. “There were about 15, 16 people in the bus. People were screaming – scary.”
“I heard a big accident, I went out, and there was a woman with a lot of people around,” another witness said. “Many people from the gym were finished to help him.”
The paintings on the stage showed the front of the bus with a shredded windshield with a shredded front glass for being taken under the cord with multiple emergency vehicles on the stage, including police cars, ambulances and a firefighter engine.
Diesel returned to Allington Street, where the bus collapsed, and forced the police to ban smoking in the area because he was afraid of another incident. As the road was closed, at least 14 bus routes were directed in both directions around the Victoria station.
“We understand that this incident will be very sad to everyone who is and wounded, and we started the investigation.
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“We work close to our partners to clean the stage, but the road will remain closed for the next few hours, so please call alternative routes.”
A London ambulance service spokesman said: “Today at 8.20, Westminster was called for a traffic collision reports in Victoria Street.
“Ambulance teams, advanced medical officials, a quick intervention car, a medical officer, a clinical team manager, an event intervention officer, a command support vehicle and dangerous space intervention team, such as a series of resources such as health officials.
“We also sent London’s air ambulance. We treated 17 people in total. We took 15 patients to the hospital and discharged two patients at the scene.”
Rosie Trew, President of London’s bus service delivery, said, ız Our thoughts are with people who were injured after a bus incident on Victoria Street.
“We are working with Police and Operator Transport UK to investigate this event urgently.
“This must be a sad event for everyone involved, and we have support for everyone affected.”
In recent years, two pedestrians have been killed in bus accidents in Victoria. The bus station was closed at the end of 2023 for work designed to increase pedestrian safety and accessibility for partially visioned passengers.
More than 59 million passengers used Victoria in 2023, which made it the third most intense station in the London Metro.
