A black cab has mounted the pavement in London’s Covent Garden and hit a number of pedestrians.
The incident occurred on Wednesday evening on Southampton Street.
Police have stated that it is not terror related.
Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 5pm.
A spokesman for the Met Police said:
“Police on scene at Covent Garden dealing with serious injury accident involving a taxi.
“Not terror-related. Further updates will follow.”
Police on scene at Covent Garden dealing with serious injury accident involving a taxi. Not Terror related. Further updates will follow.
— Westminster Police | Central West BCU (@MPSWestminster) November 1, 2017
They also said that the driver of the cab is now “assisting police.”
We are scaling back our cordon. Driver of black cab is assisting police. 2 casualties are being treated by LAS assisted by LFB.
— Westminster Police | Central West BCU (@MPSWestminster) November 1, 2017
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London Ambulance also tweeted:
“We’re aware of an incident in #CoventGarden & have crews on scene.
“We will provide more information as soon as we have it.”
We're aware of an incident in #CoventGarden & have crews on scene. We will provide more information as soon as we have it.
— London Ambulance Service (@Ldn_Ambulance) November 1, 2017
