A girl was hit by a double-decker bus exterior London Victoria station in the present day at a notoriously harmful junction the place two folks have died previously three years.
The sufferer was taken to hospital after the crash at about 11am, with passengers stored on the bus for greater than an hour afterwards to be interviewed by police.
Two different girls have died in the identical space after being hit by a bus lately – Catherine Finnegan, 56, in January this 12 months; and Melissa Burr, 32, in August 2021.
Youcef Fk, 26, who works for a sightseeing bus firm in Victoria, advised the Every day Telegraph in the present day: ‘Police stated a woman had been smashed by the bus.
‘That is in regards to the third time it has occurred in the identical place, and the fourth time was a few weeks in the past when a bus cease was smashed.’
The scene exterior London Victoria station in the present day following the crash at about 11am
Two different girls have died in the identical space of Victoria after being hit by a bus lately – Catherine Finnegan (left), 56, in January; and Melissa Burr (proper), 32, in August 2021
He stated it was a ‘harmful junction’ and that his agency had warned police and the council that the ‘pavement is simply too near the highway and bus wheels go over it’.
Mr Fk additionally revealed that working close to the busy junction he has seen many close to misses. He stated: ‘It is not about drivers, it is about folks. They maintain crossing with out trying behind them.’
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police advised MailOnline: ‘Police have been referred to as to Buckingham Palace Street following studies of a Street Visitors Collision involving a bus and pedestrian.
‘A girl was handled on scene, her accidents have been confirmed to be life threatening. Street closures are presently in place.’
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson stated: ‘We have been referred to as at 11:14am in the present day to studies of a highway site visitors collision involving a bus and a pedestrian at Victoria Station.
‘We despatched sources to the scene, together with ambulance crews, and an incident response officer. We additionally dispatched a trauma workforce from London’s Air Ambulance by automotive.
‘Our first paramedic was on the scene in underneath 5 minutes.
‘We handled a affected person on the scene and took them to a serious trauma centre.’
