This Article is From Oct 07, 2017

LIVE UPDATES: Several Injured As Car Rams Pedestrians Outside London's Natural History Museum

LIVE UPDATES: Several Injured As Car Rams Pedestrians Outside London's Natural History Museum

The UK Police said they will release more information shortly.

London: Several injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians outside London's Natural History Museum today. A press release from the UK Police said that officers are at the scene and the London Ambulance Service have been called to the site. One person was arrested at the scene of the incident, a press release by the London Police said without elaborating on further details.

Here are the Highlights:

Oct 07, 2017 22:48 (IST)
The incident is a road traffic investigation and not a terrorist-related incident: London Police
Oct 07, 2017 22:47 (IST)
Police said that the man detained by officers is currently under arrest and is in custody at a north London police station.

Oct 07, 2017 22:46 (IST)
The Updated statement by the UK police said that 11 people were found at the scene with varying injuries and nine of them have been taken to hospital, and this includes the man that was detained by police. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.
Oct 07, 2017 21:45 (IST)
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan posted on twitter that a number of people have been injured in an incident involving a car in Exhibition road along with a full statement.


Oct 07, 2017 21:13 (IST)
London police said they were keeping an open mind after a car collided with pedestrians outside the city's Natural History Museum, contradicting an earlier comment that they were not treating the incident as terrorism-related, reports Reuters.
Oct 07, 2017 20:51 (IST)
London police said that they were not treating the incident as terrorism-related: Reuters
Oct 07, 2017 20:29 (IST)
Images posted on Twitter showed the exhibition road shut after the incident.
Oct 07, 2017 20:26 (IST)
Crowds in the busy tourist spot in South Kensington, which is also home to the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum, fled screaming in panic, an AFP reporter said.
Oct 07, 2017 20:22 (IST)
Armed police were at the scene, and a video posted on Twitter showed a man being held down on the road next to a black car that appeared to have crashed.
Oct 07, 2017 20:19 (IST)
UK Police described the incident in West London as a collision and said that the motive for the incident was under investigation. 
Oct 07, 2017 20:12 (IST)
The Natural History Museum had tweeted that they were working with the UK Police. 

Oct 07, 2017 20:10 (IST)
A video posted on Twitter showed evacuation at South Kensington Area in West London

Oct 07, 2017 20:09 (IST)
British media reported that a car had mounted the pavement outside London's Natural History Museum
Oct 07, 2017 20:07 (IST)
London police said on Saturday that a number of pedestrians had been injured near London's  Natural History Museum and that a man was arrested at the scene.
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