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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2012 1:09:43 GMT
Two women are critically ill in hospital after being hit by a bus in central London. An 11-year-old boy also suffered minor injuries in the accident near Cambridge Circus in Charing Cross Road. Police said they were called at about 14:45 GMT to reports of three people being hit by a number 29 bus. Both women, one aged 18 and the other in her 40s, are said to be in a life-threatening condition. The road has been closed in both directions. London Ambulance Service sent the air ambulance, four ambulances, two motorcycle units and two cycle units to the scene. The injured were all taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20871331 |
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Post by snoggle on Dec 31, 2012 19:36:13 GMT
Two women are critically ill in hospital after being hit by a bus in central London. An 11-year-old boy also suffered minor injuries in the accident near Cambridge Circus in Charing Cross Road. Police said they were called at about 14:45 GMT to reports of three people being hit by a number 29 bus. Both women, one aged 18 and the other in her 40s, are said to be in a life-threatening condition. The road has been closed in both directions. London Ambulance Service sent the air ambulance, four ambulances, two motorcycle units and two cycle units to the scene. The injured were all taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20871331The older woman, the Mother of the other victims, has died in hospital according to the BBC. Apparently the people involved were tourists from Spain. |
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Post by ServerKing on Dec 31, 2012 20:01:41 GMT
It was DW475, there was a pic of it on London Tonight this evening.
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Post by lc1 on Dec 31, 2012 20:17:15 GMT
Two women are critically ill in hospital after being hit by a bus in central London. An 11-year-old boy also suffered minor injuries in the accident near Cambridge Circus in Charing Cross Road. Police said they were called at about 14:45 GMT to reports of three people being hit by a number 29 bus. Both women, one aged 18 and the other in her 40s, are said to be in a life-threatening condition. The road has been closed in both directions. London Ambulance Service sent the air ambulance, four ambulances, two motorcycle units and two cycle units to the scene. The injured were all taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20871331The older woman, the Mother of the other victims, has died in hospital according to the BBC. Apparently the people involved were tourists from Spain. Said when I first heard you could 99.9% guarantee they was tourists. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2013 15:05:29 GMT
They have a habit of crossing in front off moving buses, a prime example is oxford circus / oxford street!
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Post by rambo on Jan 1, 2013 15:41:38 GMT
Not just tourists.......
RIP
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2013 17:50:22 GMT
According to the Evening Standard, they looked the wrong way when crossing the road. Obviously used to traffic being on the other side of the road. Sad story  |
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Post by Steve80 on Jan 3, 2013 19:19:46 GMT
Yes its very sad. Im keep thinking of the siblings who was with her when this happened.
Its really tough to drive a bus in central london at times. I can think of countless near misses I suffered up there as well as the many accidents I observed. One that sticks out for me is when I nearly ran someone over in haymarket. Lots of tourists were crossing at the lights but stopped when they saw me approaching (the lights was green for me). As I got close, a man appeared from the group looking completely the other way. There was no way I could stop in time so in that split second, I hoped that I would hit him by my offside mirror instead of the front of the bus. Fortunately I missed but it was so close when I looked at my mirror afterwards I could see him having a fright and himself throwing all his bits of paper in the air.
I mention this as I believe my incident is similar to happened here. Of course with this incident it was actually a collision
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Post by Volvo on Jan 3, 2013 19:44:02 GMT
According to the Evening Standard, they looked the wrong way when crossing the road. Obviously used to traffic being on the other side of the road. Sad story Really sad story. In regards to the evening standard I actually do find it hard to believe it was confusion of vehicles driving on a certain side of the road as surely they must have seen what side the traffic is travelling on. |
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