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| London bridge: Witnesses tell of at least six people injured in 'major incident' in central London | London bridge: Witnesses tell of at least six people injured in 'major incident' in central London |
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| Witnesses told who they saw injured people lying across the pavement and in the middle of the road after police responded to two incidents in the centre of London. | Witnesses told who they saw injured people lying across the pavement and in the middle of the road after police responded to two incidents in the centre of London. |
| People who were out for the evening, said they saw injured people being tended by concerned passers-by on London Bridge. There was a flurry of conflicting reports, but witness spoke of anywhere up to half a dozen people being hurt. | People who were out for the evening, said they saw injured people being tended by concerned passers-by on London Bridge. There was a flurry of conflicting reports, but witness spoke of anywhere up to half a dozen people being hurt. |
| Holly Jones, a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time, described seeing the white transit van hitting people walking nearby. | Holly Jones, a BBC reporter who was on the bridge at the time, described seeing the white transit van hitting people walking nearby. |
| “He hit several pedestrians in front of me. Myself and two pedestrians jumped out of the way,” she said. | “He hit several pedestrians in front of me. Myself and two pedestrians jumped out of the way,” she said. |
| “One of the casualties on the floor was being treated by a paramedic. She says she doesn’t know where her boyfriend is.” | “One of the casualties on the floor was being treated by a paramedic. She says she doesn’t know where her boyfriend is.” |
| She said she had seen “probably about six casualties” on the ground. | She said she had seen “probably about six casualties” on the ground. |
| Ms Jones also said she had seen a man being arrested but it was unclear what connection to the incident he had if any. | Ms Jones also said she had seen a man being arrested but it was unclear what connection to the incident he had if any. |
| Another witness, Will Heaven, a journalist with the Spectator, told Sky News he had been travelling south on the bridge in an Uber when he saw two people on the floor. One of them was on the pavement, the second in the middle of the road. | |
| "It was about ten past ten, I was back of an Uber when suddenly I noticed somebody down on the pavement with a small crowd around them. It looked like someone hd collapsed," he said. "We drove a bit further and there as another person, this time in the road. Then the penny clicked that something serious had happened....The traffic came to a halt. We looked around and we could hear the sirens." |