At Least 11 Injured After Driver Crashes Car Into Pedestrians Near London History Museum
LONDON — The London police arrested a man on Saturday after his car jumped the curb
and crashed into several pedestrians near the Natural History Museum, injuring at least 11 people, the authorities said.
The Natural History Museum, one of several tourist attractions in the area, including the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert, released a statement on Twitter
that said, "There’s been a serious incident outside the museum," adding that the institution was working with the police.
ent and collided with a number of pedestrians." Of the 11 people who suffered various injuries — mostly leg
and head wounds, according to the London Ambulance Service — nine of them were taken to the hospital, including the man arrested, the police said. that mounted the pavem
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In a city on edge after several recent deadly attacks, the crash had raised fears of terrorism.
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The London police detained a driver on Saturday after his car injured several pedestrians near the Natural History Museum.
On June 3, three men carrying knives and wearing fake suicide bomb vests rammed their van into pedestrians on London Bridge
and stabbed several people in the nearby Borough Market, killing eight.
The crash, which the police said appeared to be a "road traffic collision"
and not terrorism, occurred on Exhibition Road in the South Kensington neighborhood.