On the afternoon of October 7, 11 pedestrians were injured and the driver of the car was arrested in a car crash near the Natural History Museum, one of the most popular tourist areas in London, England.
The incident has caused a high degree of alarm among police, as it superficially resembles the "pattern" of a number of terrorist attacks in Europe in recent years. However, the London police have now announced that the incident was not related to a terrorist attack, but merely a traffic accident!
The exact location of the incident is on a road between the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
From the scene, you can see that the vehicle that hit the pedestrian was parked on the side of the road near the V&A - the white car had been hit by a black civilian vehicle, forced to stop, the body was dented, and parts were scattered on the ground. The white car had been hit and forced to stop by a black civilian vehicle, leaving dents in the bodywork and parts scattered on the ground.
Police were called to the scene on the afternoon of the 7th when the white car drove onto the sidewalk, striking pedestrians and injuring a total of ****11 people - none of them life-threatening, but nine of them were taken to hospital for treatment of head and leg injuries.
Since similar terrorist attacks have occurred in the UK and a number of other European countries in recent years, British police were on high alert, arriving at the scene just minutes after the incident and cordoning off the immediate area and roads, evacuating pedestrians on the road, shutting down nearby catering outlets and stores, and dispatching helicopters to patrol the airspace over the incident site. The closest museums, the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, immediately closed their doors to visitors.
After about four hours, police characterized the incident as a "traffic accident" and not a terrorist attack.
Police removed security from most of the area and allowed pedestrians and vehicles to pass normally, except for the road where the vehicle was still parked.
The Natural History Museum, a British natural history museum, is located in the South Kensington district, southwest of central London, next to Hyde Park. The museum has a total floor area of more than 40,000 square meters, the museum has about 70 million pieces of specimens from around the world, including 28 million pieces of insect specimens. The British Museum of Natural History is the largest natural history museum in Europe. Originally part of the Museum of Britain founded in 1753, it was separated from the main museum in 1881 and became officially independent in 1963. It is located in the South Kensington area of London, for the Victorian building, shaped like a medieval cathedral.