A rickshaw rider and two passengers have been critically injured after a bus hit them in central London.
One of many three victims had been rushed to a significant trauma centre for therapy after the incident, which passed off on Charing Cross Street within the early hours of Monday morning.
The opposite two had been taken to native hospitals, a spokesperson for London Ambulance Service mentioned.
A bit of the busy avenue, which leads in direction of Trafalgar Sq. and previous a number of West Finish theatres, has been closed this morning.
Footage from the scene present an space cordoned off outdoors the Phoenix Theatre, a brief distance south from Tottenham Courtroom Street station.
The rickshaw, adorned with lights and pink feathers, is seen mendacity on one aspect subsequent to the N19 bus to Clapham Junction, which has a broken entrance.
Diversions had been in place for a lot of night time buses.
Rickshaws adorned with shiny lights and blasting pop music are an everyday sight within the centre of the capital, offering an uncommon transport possibility for vacationers visiting Theatreland.
Formally often called ‘pedicabs’, the autos are largely unregulated however new guidelines and requirements had been launched in a legislation handed in Parliament final 12 months.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson mentioned: ‘We had been referred to as at 1.07am in the present day (25 August) to experiences of a highway site visitors collision on the junction of Charing Cross Street and Phoenix Avenue.
‘We despatched sources to the scene, together with ambulance crews, a complicated paramedic, a paramedic in a quick response automotive and an incident response officer. We additionally dispatched a trauma workforce in a automotive from London’s Air Ambulance.
‘We handled three individuals. We took one affected person to a significant trauma centre and two sufferers to native hospitals.’
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