At Least 11 Injured After Driver Crashes Car Into Pedestrians Near London History Museum<br />LONDON — The London police arrested a man on Saturday after his car jumped the curb<br />and crashed into several pedestrians near the Natural History Museum, injuring at least 11 people, the authorities said.<br />The Natural History Museum, one of several tourist attractions in the area, including the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert, released a statement on Twitter<br />that said, "There’s been a serious incident outside the museum," adding that the institution was working with the police.<br />ent and collided with a number of pedestrians." Of the 11 people who suffered various injuries — mostly leg<br />and head wounds, according to the London Ambulance Service — nine of them were taken to the hospital, including the man arrested, the police said. that mounted the pavem<br />UPDATE: UK police say man detained after number of people reported injured outside London museum - CBC pic.twitter.com/6zjuH7FPIK<br />In a city on edge after several recent deadly attacks, the crash had raised fears of terrorism.<br />7, 2017<br />The London police detained a driver on Saturday after his car injured several pedestrians near the Natural History Museum.<br />On June 3, three men carrying knives and wearing fake suicide bomb vests rammed their van into pedestrians on London Bridge<br />and stabbed several people in the nearby Borough Market, killing eight.<br />The crash, which the police said appeared to be a "road traffic collision"<br />and not terrorism, occurred on Exhibition Road in the South Kensington neighborhood.
