Saturday UK residents shuddered to hear about the bloody accident near the natural history Museum in Kensington, London. About 14:20 with a Toyota SUV hit a group of 11 people on Exhibition road. The car drove onto the sidewalk, began to run into pedestrians and finally stopped its movement, crashing into another car.
car ploughed into crowds at the #naturalhistorymuseum #southkensington pic.twitter.com/NkJsZBZDRa
Stefano Sutter (@StefanoSutter) October 7, 2017
The footage from the scene shows, as passers-by flee in panic from the scene.
South Kensington incident. pic.twitter.com/oJTB9Gd6K0
— Damian Hackett (@damohack) October 7, 2017
The perpetrator of the accident, a colored man aged about 40 years, was immediately arrested. After medical aid he was taken to the police station for questioning.
The attacker is neutralised on the floor pic.twitter.com/bUT0jHkU3I
Stefano Sutter (@StefanoSutter) October 7, 2017
After the recent series of terrorist attacks, the incident caused alarm and fear among the population and the police. Nevertheless, he was an ordinary accident, not having any relation to terrorism. After a few hours, this was confirmed by the Metropolitan police in an official statement.
The London ambulance service reported that the victims of the accident received injuries mostly to his legs and head. Nine of them were hospitalized, and another two were treated on the spot. Fortunately, none of the victims received no damage that would threaten their lives.
We attended an incident at Cromwell Road, South Kensington this afternoon. Our statement is below. pic.twitter.com/yBdANOXuZH
— London Ambulance (@Ldn_Ambulance) October 7, 2017
Recall that over the past year, Britain has experienced several terrorist attacks with the same scenario. In early June, three men on the trucks drove into a crowd of pedestrians on London bridge, before massacre near borough Market. A couple of weeks later a truck knocked down 12 people at a mosque North of the capital, and in March, 52-year-old man has made arrival on the people on Westminster bridge.
