Police in London were responding after a black cab jumped a curb and struck pedestrians in the Covent Garden area of the city.
There are reports of casualties and people trapped after the taxi came to a stop into a building.
“The driver of the taxi stopped at the scene and has been detained by police,” officials said in a press release. “This is being treated as a serious road traffic collision, and not thought to be terrorist related.”
Black cab ‘ploughs into people’ as it mounts pavement in Covent Garden, UK #ConventGarden #London pic.twitter.com/StNS2FSzB3
— Darren Oatway (@DarrenOatway) November 1, 2017
Reports that a car has mounted the pavement and collided with pedestrians. View from my office #Strand #London pic.twitter.com/6Fb014T1Y9
— Paul Melton (@Shadhammer) November 1, 2017