London Bridge Shut Down After Pedestrians Struck; Stabbings Reported in Nearby Market<br />Andrew jumped over a fence, got to a footpath and said there was "a dead guy lying on the floor." He hid for a few seconds in bushes nearby, then, he said, "I ran for my life." Mark Roberts, who said he was on London Bridge at the time, told CNN<br />that the van was traveling south across the bridge toward the London Bridge station.<br />By STEVEN ERLANGERJUNE 3, 2017<br />The police closed London Bridge on Saturday evening after a white van mounted the sidewalk<br />and mowed down pedestrians, according to a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time.<br />Theresa May, the British prime minister, said the authorities were treating the attacks "as a potential act of terrorism." Authorities closed London Bridge after a white van mounted the sidewalk<br />and mowed down pedestrians a little after 10 p.m., according to multiple witnesses on the bridge.<br />Roberts said that It looked to me that the van was aiming for the people.<br />Holly Jones, a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time of the incident, said the van was driven by a man and was "probably traveling at about 50 miles an hour." She said<br />that at least five people were being treated for injuries after the vehicle drove on the sidewalk and hit them.<br />"He hit about two people in front of me and then three behind." Police<br />and ambulance workers responded rapidly, evacuating pedestrians and shutting down the London Bridge subway station.<br />On March 22 an attack on Westminster Bridge was treated by the police as "Islamist-related terrorism."<br />Khalid Masood, 52, drove a car into pedestrians, killing four people and injuring 50.
