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Westminster Lockdown Ends After Suspicious Vehicle Probe and Coach Crash Injures Pedestrian

Police deemed the abandoned vehicle harmless, lifting a Whitehall cordon ahead of the injured man’s transfer to a major trauma centre

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Overview

  • A cordon was placed at Whitehall’s southern end after officers responded to reports of an abandoned vehicle near Downing Street.
  • No10 staff sheltered in secure rooms and left via the rear entrance during the lockdown before police declared the scene safe.
  • Met Police confirmed the suspicious vehicle probe was unrelated to an earlier coach and pedestrian collision on Abingdon Street.
  • Emergency services including London Air Ambulance treated a man for a head injury at the scene and transported him to a major trauma centre.
  • All road closures were removed once officers resolved the vehicle incident and highways reopened.