Driver hits pedestrians outside Natural History Museum | Daily Mail Online
everal people have been injured after a car mounted the pavement and mowed down pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum in London this afternoon.
A man was pinned down by security guards and arrested by police in the heart of the capital's museum land in Kensington.
Hundreds of terrified tourists fled the scene as the black Toyota Prius - a registered minicab - careered into a sign before ultimately crashing into a crowd of as many as 10 people as it hit a silver car, according to witnesses.
Dramatic pictures show guards holding down a man covered in blood with rubble strewn across the road. Dozens of armed officers converged on the scene as search dogs patrolled the area.
Nearby museums including the Science Museum were evacuated with Tube stations sealed off by police.
The injured were seen sitting on steps being bandaged up before they were wheeled away by paramedics.
Scotland Yard said they are keeping an open mind as to whether the incident is terror-related. A spokesman said a 'number' of people had been injured in the horror crash.
Today's incident follows a series of vehicle attacks across Europe which have left well over 100 people dead in Britain, France, Germany and Stockholm.
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A man has been arrested at the scene after several pedestrians were mowed down by a vehicle
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Dramatic pictures taken at the scene show police holding down a man covered in blood with rubble strewn across the road
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Witnesses said the man was pinned to the ground by security guards before being detained by police
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Heavily-armed masked police officers converged on the scene and search dogs were seen patrolling the area
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One of the injured is pictured being wheeled away by paramedics as investigative officers arrive on the scene
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Armed police were quick to arrive on the scene and a security cordon was set up to keep away other passers-by
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One onlooker at the scene said: 'We were walking near the Science Museum and heard a bang, bang... at first I thought it was gunfire'
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A Metropolitan Police spokesman told MailOnline: 'Police were called at 1421 on Saturday, 7 October to reports of a collision in Exhibition Road, South Kensington'
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A local restaurant owner told MailOnline: 'People started running into the restaurant, people were running around on the street'
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Eyewitness Greg King, a banker at Goldman Sachs, claims he was the first person to call the police after nearly being hit by the vehicle.
The 22-year-old told MailOnline: 'A black Toyota went ploughing straight towards us and the crowd. I heard tyres screeching and a lot of screaming and then a massive smash which was him hitting a sign and the glass falling.'
'He then turned and went smashing into the car on the other side of the road which stopped him.'
Timothyna Duncan, a 23-year-old Imperial College student from the USA, told MailOnline: 'It is very chaotic, and there are many police here and they seem confused about what is going on.
everal people have been injured after a car mounted the pavement and mowed down pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum in London this afternoon.
A man was pinned down by security guards and arrested by police in the heart of the capital's museum land in Kensington.
Hundreds of terrified tourists fled the scene as the black Toyota Prius - a registered minicab - careered into a sign before ultimately crashing into a crowd of as many as 10 people as it hit a silver car, according to witnesses.
Dramatic pictures show guards holding down a man covered in blood with rubble strewn across the road. Dozens of armed officers converged on the scene as search dogs patrolled the area.
Nearby museums including the Science Museum were evacuated with Tube stations sealed off by police.
The injured were seen sitting on steps being bandaged up before they were wheeled away by paramedics.
Scotland Yard said they are keeping an open mind as to whether the incident is terror-related. A spokesman said a 'number' of people had been injured in the horror crash.
Today's incident follows a series of vehicle attacks across Europe which have left well over 100 people dead in Britain, France, Germany and Stockholm.
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A man has been arrested at the scene after several pedestrians were mowed down by a vehicle
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Dramatic pictures taken at the scene show police holding down a man covered in blood with rubble strewn across the road
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Witnesses said the man was pinned to the ground by security guards before being detained by police
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Heavily-armed masked police officers converged on the scene and search dogs were seen patrolling the area
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One of the injured is pictured being wheeled away by paramedics as investigative officers arrive on the scene
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Armed police were quick to arrive on the scene and a security cordon was set up to keep away other passers-by
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One onlooker at the scene said: 'We were walking near the Science Museum and heard a bang, bang... at first I thought it was gunfire'
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A Metropolitan Police spokesman told MailOnline: 'Police were called at 1421 on Saturday, 7 October to reports of a collision in Exhibition Road, South Kensington'
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A local restaurant owner told MailOnline: 'People started running into the restaurant, people were running around on the street'
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Eyewitness Greg King, a banker at Goldman Sachs, claims he was the first person to call the police after nearly being hit by the vehicle.
The 22-year-old told MailOnline: 'A black Toyota went ploughing straight towards us and the crowd. I heard tyres screeching and a lot of screaming and then a massive smash which was him hitting a sign and the glass falling.'
'He then turned and went smashing into the car on the other side of the road which stopped him.'
Timothyna Duncan, a 23-year-old Imperial College student from the USA, told MailOnline: 'It is very chaotic, and there are many police here and they seem confused about what is going on.
