A minicab driver died in hospital after his heart stopped at the wheel and he crashed into a metal barrier outside King's Cross, it has emerged.
The man, believed to be in his 50s, died about an hour after the collision in Pancras Road on Saturday evening last week.
Police confirmed no other vehicles were involved in the crash, with witnesses speaking of the man appearing to swerve around a cyclist moments before colliding with the barrier.
Others said the man had had passengers, though police were unable to confirm this.
Plumber Oscar Buzzard drove past in the moments following the smash.
"There was a female cyclist sitting on the floor looking visibly shaken," he told the Standard. "Her bike was lying on the pavement about 20 feet from where she was sitting.
"The driver was motionless and very pale. The bonnet of the car was completely crumpled and there was smoke from it.
"There were passers-by already tending to both of them so I just carried on driving."
It is not known which firm the driver had worked for, although Uber said he had not been working for them.
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called at 6.09pm to reports of a road traffic collision at Pancras Road and Goods Way in NW1.
"We sent a single responder by car, an ambulance crew, a duty officer and a doctor to the scene.
"We treated a man reported to be in his 50s in cardiac arrest. He was taken as a priority to hospital."
A Scotland Yard spokesman said the man's next of kin had been informed.
