Fifteen people were taken to hospital A bus climbed a pavement And pedestrians hit during a crowd LondonThe busiest station.
One big emergency response Launched as Metropolitan Police, London ambulance serviceLondon Air Ambulance and London Fire Brigade All called London Victoria Station After the report on Thursday that the route 24 buses were involved in the traffic collision at around 8.20 am.
Overall, the police said that 17 people were injured in the incident, Two people treated at the scene And the bus took 15 others, including passengers and driver, to the hospital. Officials said that none of those people had to face fatal injuries and no arrests.
Eyewitnesses said that while traveling from the direction of Westminster, “really fast and coming out of the road”. 47 -year -old Emmit Sukar said: “There were about 15, 16 people inside the bus. People were shouting – it was terrible.”
Another eyewitness said, “I heard a large -scale accident, came out and there was a woman on the floor with the weight of the people around her.” “Many people from the gym ran out to help him.”
Pictures of the scene broke with a banged windscreen in front of the bus, as the road was closed with several emergency vehicles at the scene, including police car, ambulances and a fire engine.
Diesel surpassed Ollington Street, where the bus crashed, forcing the police to ban smoking in the area for fear of another incident. As the road closed, at least 14 bus routes were removed from both directions around Victoria station.
Detective Chief Superintendent Christina Jessah, who led the policing in the area, said: “We understand that this incident will be very upset for all of them and injured and we have started an investigation.
“We are appealing to any witness or anyone to contact us with information. We welcome any dasham or mobile phone footage.
“We are working closely with our colleagues to clean the scene, but the road will remain closed for the next few hours, so please look for alternative routes.”
A spokesperson of the London Ambulance Service said: “We were called to report a road traffic collision at Victoria Street in Westminster at 8.20 am today.
“We sent several resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, advanced paramedics, a parallel reaction car in a paramedic, a clinical team manager, an event response officer, a command support vehicle and paramedics from our dangerous area response team.
“We also sent the air ambulance of London. We treated a total of 17 people. We took 15 patients to the hospital and discharged two patients at the scene.”
Transport Rosie True for London’s Head of Bus service delivery said: “Our views are with those who have been injured after a bus incident at Victoria Street.
“We are working with the police and operator, Transport UK to investigate the incident immediately.
“It must have been a disturbing event for all involved and we have the support available for anyone affected.”
In recent years, two pedestrians have been killed in bus accidents in Victoria. The bus station at the end of 2023 was discontinued at the end of 2023 for the work designed to improve pedestrian safety and access to passengers partially seen.
More than 59 million passengers used Victoria in 2023, making it the third busiest station on the London underground.