This is the first image of a van that crashed into a crowd on London’s Strand.
Just before 12pm today, a vehicle hit several pedestrians near King’s College in the Aldwych area.
Police and paramedics are currently on the scene, with one woman confirmed dead.
The driver of the van, a 26-year-old man, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and driving with a concentration of a specified controlled drug above a specified limit.
He remains in custody while enquiries are ongoing and a crime scene is in place.
Footage shows ambulance services treating the casualties on the ground and eyewitnesses said some people were “badly hurt” and being treated by paramedics near the university’s Strand campus.
Paramedics on scene at a crash in London (Image: Getty Images)
The Metropolitan Police said: “Police are on scene and dealing with a collision close to The Strand, WC2.
“Officers were called at 11:41hrs on Tuesday, 18 March following a collision involving a van and pedestrians.
“Three pedestrians suffered injuries, with a woman in her twenties sadly pronounced dead at the scene. Two pedestrians have been taken to hospital, one has potentially life-threatening injuries, and the other has minor injuries.
“The driver of the van, a 26-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion causing death by careless driving and driving with concentration of specified controlled drug above specified limit.
“He remains in custody. Enquiries are ongoing and a crime scene is in place. This collision is not being treated as terrorism-related.”
One woman was pronounced dead at the scene (Image: Getty Images)
Following the crash, police are restricting access to the King’s Building as well as access to Bush House via the South and South-East entrances.
A student said: “We saw people lying down with people with ambulances around them… Everyone’s kind of shocked, I guess.”
Armed police were seen at the scene just yards away from King’s College university and Somerset House. At least two fire engines and three ambulances were also in attendance.
Miles Damone, a student at King’s College London, told the BBC he saw a van “ram into a fence”.
He said: “The van came from one of the side roads by the Indian embassy and then at this point – I didn’t see how or when – crashed into the people.
“I just saw it coming from there, made a sharp turn and just rammed into the fence. It rammed into the side of the church.”
The incident happened just before 12pm today (Image: Getty Images)
