Woman killed and two injured after van mounts pavement in central London

A lady has passed on after a van driver smashed into people on foot on the Strand in central London.

The Met Police said three other individuals were harmed, one of whom was cleared out with possibly life-threatening wounds. Two of the three are being treated in hospital.

The van driver, a 26-year-old man, was captured at the scene on doubt of causing passing by careless driving and drug-driving. Police said the crash, which happened at around 11:40 GMT near to King's College London and Somerset House, was not terror-related.

Miles Damone, a understudy at King's, said: "The van came from one of the side streets by the Indian International safe haven and at that point at this point - I didn't see how or when - smashed into the individuals." He told the BBC: "I fair saw it coming from there, [it] made a sharp turn and fair smashed into the fence."

The Met Police said the van driver remained in guardianship whereas request proceeded. Ali, a PhD understudy at King's College, said he had at first thought crisis administrations were there for a challenge exterior the college until he saw rescue vehicle laborers carrying stretchers.

"[It] is so pitiful and difficult to prepare - my contemplations go out to her family and companions," he said.

"We walk by that crossing all the time and it's pedestrianized; scarcely any vehicles pass." Understudy Gian Giacomo told the BBC he got to the college at 11:55 as the crisis administrations were arriving, and saw three individuals being treated by paramedics.

"There was a parcel of perplexity. No-one knew what happened. The news of the van hitting the individuals came afterward on."

A representative for the London Rescue vehicle Benefit (LAS) said paramedics had treated four individuals at the scene, but "in spite of our best endeavors one individual was articulated dead".

Two of those harmed were taken to clinic, one with possibly life-threatening wounds, and the other with minor wounds. The fourth individual was released at the scene, LAS said.

A King's College London representative said they were mindful of the occurrence and were liaising with crisis administrations. A lady was murdered and two people on foot harmed, counting one truly, when a van mounted the asphalt on the Strand in central London.

The driver of the van was captured at the scene on doubt of causing passing by careless driving and driving with a concentration of drugs over the legitimate limit.

The Metropolitan police said the occurrence was not being treated as fear based oppression related.

Officers were called to the Strand exterior King’s College London at 11.39am. A lady in her 20s was articulated dead and two other people on foot were taken to healing center. One has possibly life-threatening wounds; the other has minor injuries.

The driver, a 26-year-old man, was captured at the scene and was still in care on Tuesday afternoon.

Police were on the Strand taking explanations from witnesses. Pictures from the scene appeared a police cordon around a dull dim Portage Travel van.

A London emergency vehicle benefit representative said: “We were called nowadays (Tuesday) at 11.39am to reports of an occurrence in the Strand, WC2.

“We sent assets to the scene counting rescue vehicle groups, progressed paramedics, an occurrence reaction officer, a clinical group supervisor and London’s discuss ambulance.

“We treated four individuals at the scene. Tragically, in spite of our best endeavors, one individual was articulated dead. We took two other individuals to healing center and one was released at scene.”

Ali, a PhD understudy at King’s College London who did not wish to share his surname, was clearing out lesson when he saw crisis administrations accumulated close the scene.

The 28-year-old said he at first thought crisis administrations were there for a dissent exterior the college, until he saw rescue vehicle specialists carrying stretchers.

“I was fair strolling out of lesson … at to begin with I was confused, I thought it was a dissent since it ordinarily happens, but it was something else entirely,” he told the Dad news agency.

“[It] is so pitiful and difficult to prepare – my considerations go out to her family and friends.