London police said an incident outside the city's Natural History Museum in which 11 people were hurt when a car collided with pedestrians was not terrorism-related but was being treated as a road traffic collision.
London police said an incident outside the city's Natural History Museum in which 11 people were hurt when a car collided with pedestrians was not terrorism-related but was being treated as a road traffic collision.
British media reported a car had mounted the sidewalk outside the tourist attraction, one of several large museums in that area of South Kensington, west London, and police said a man had been detained at the scene.
London's ambulance service said they had treated 11 people, mostly for head and leg injuries, with nine taken to hospital after a car collided with pedestrians near the city's Natural History Museum on Saturday.
"We sent multiple resources to the scene, including our hazardous area response team, ambulance crews, paramedics in fast response cars and incident response officers," Peter McKenna, deputy director of operations, said in a statement.
"We have worked closely with other members of the emergency services at the scene, with our priority being to get people to safety and ensure they received the medical help they needed as quickly as possible."
A Downing Street spokesperson said British Prime Minister Theresa May is "being kept up to date on events".
London Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted that details were "still emerging" and he was in close contact with Assistant Metropolitan Commissioner Mark Rowley - the head of UK counter-terrorism policing.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: "Very concerning reports from outside the Natural History Museum. My thoughts are with those injured and our thanks to the emergency services."
A BBC reporter was leaving the Natural History Museum as the incident occurred.
"I could see a car diagonally across the road, looking like it was going into one of the boulders on the side of the road, and I could see a crowd of people around what was clearly one or two people on the pavement," she said, confirming there were armed police at the scene.
"We have had lots of police coming onto the scene, helicopters above, and I can see an ambulance which is definitely having someone put in, but it isn't clear how bad that injury is," she said.
Reports suggest the black Toyota Prius which mounted the pavement was a licensed taxi cab.
The current terror threat level in the UK is "severe" - the second highest - meaning an attack is highly likely.
Today's incident follows a number of attacks in which vehicles have been used to target pedestrians in London, including at London Bridge in June which claimed eight lives.
In March, a terrorist rammed his vehicle into the side of the Parliament building in the British capital killing four people.
With inputs from PTI and Reuters
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