Oxford Street crash: Woman seriously injured after being struck by bus in front of horrified shoppers

Scene: The woman was hit by a bus on Oxford Street, near the Duke Street junction
Matthew Chattle/Rex
Jamie Bullen7 October 2016

A woman was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after she was struck by a bus on Oxford Street in front of horrified shoppers.

Police, paramedics and a London Air Ambulance were sent to the busy shopping street after a woman, believed to be in her 50s, was knocked down near the Duke Street junction.

She was taken to hospital with serious head injuries but her condition was not thought to be life-threatening.

Pictures from the scene show blood splattered on the pavement as the road was taped off for nearly three hours before it reopened.

A route 189 bus was also pictured inside the cordon.

A police spokesman said: “Police were called by London Ambulance Service (to reports of a road traffic collision at Oxford Street and Duke Street.

“A woman believed to be in her 50s had been in collision with a bus. LAS and London's Air Ambulance attended.

“The woman was taken to a central London hospital in a serious condition. Her injuries are not believed to be life threatening.”

A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We were called at 12.08pm to reports of a road traffic collision at Oxford Street.

“We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic on a bike and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.”

“We treated a woman at the scene for a head injury and took her as a priority to a major trauma centre in west London.”

Horrified shoppers described the scene as “chaos” as traffic was brought to a standstill amid a sea of emergency vehicles.

Edward Woodcock tweeted: "There is what appears to be a blood stain on the ground next to the bus in Oxford Street."

YouTube blogger Lydia Elise Millen added: “Oxford Street is closed and there's been air ambulance what has happened?!”

While Natalie Brown posted: “Thought there was a bus protest on #OxfordStreet until I saw police and a pool of blood on the floor, hope the person is ok #grim

And Sinead Chapman wrote: “Chaos on oxford street... what's going on?”

Tony Akers, TfL’s Manager of Bus Operations, said: “At 12.10pm today (7 October), a route 189 double deck bus, operated by Metroline, was involved in a collision with a pedestrian on Oxford Street, W1 at its junction with Duke Street. Emergency services attended the scene. There will be a full investigation into the incident.”

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