Police: Car 衝突,墜落 in London is 交通事故, not terror

LONDON (AP) - A car 衝突,墜落 that 負傷させるd 11 people outside a major London tourist attraction Saturday 誘発するd 恐れるs of a テロリスト attack but turned out to be 簡単に a 交通事故, London police said.

The 事故 at 2:20 p.m. outside the popular Natural History Museum in the heart of central London brought a gigantic police 返答, 含むing ヘリコプターs and 危険な area 返答 teams, because of テロリスト 関心s.

Police said 11 people were 負傷させるd when a car 明らかに 機動力のある the pavement and 攻撃する,衝突する 歩行者s. Nine people were 入院させるd with 長,率いる and 脚 傷害s that were not 裁判官d to be life-changing.

Britain's Police at the scene of an incident in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Britain's Police at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Alastair 認める)

Panicky scenes 続いて起こるd after the pedest rians were struck and it took nearly four hours for police to 安心させる the anxious public that it was not another テロリスト attack.

Britons in general, and Londoners in particular, have been jumpy after a string of 極端論者 attacks this year, 含むing deadly attacks using 乗り物s to 攻撃する,衝突する 歩行者s on Westminster 橋(渡しをする) and London 橋(渡しをする). Britain has been on a "厳しい" テロリスト 脅し level 示すing that the 共同の テロ行為 分析 中心 believes an attack is 見解(をとる)d as 高度に likely.

Police said one man at the scene, thought to be the driver, was 拘留するd. He has not been 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d or identified.

証言,証人/目撃するs 述べるd a 急ぐ to leave the scene, nearby shops were 避難させるd and the sprawling museum, a favorite 場所/位置 for families with children, の近くにd 負かす/撃墜する 早期に. Police 設立するd a large 安全 非常線,警戒線 around the area within minutes.

労働者s in a cafe 近づく the Natural History Museum say they fled the scene in 恐れる.

Marilin Mueller, 20, said she thought at first it was a 交通事故 but had 疑問s when "負担s of police cars" arrived.

"All of these police (機の)カム marching 負かす/撃墜する 説, 'Move, move.' They said, 'you need to 避難させる,'" she said.

Dieon Rurora said people were running 負かす/撃墜する the street to get away and some fell.

"It was やめる scary," he said.

One woman draped in a red 一面に覆う/毛布 was led away by a paramedic after the 衝突,墜落. Others were seen leaving with their 脚s 包帯d.

The 衝突,墜落 took place on a day when the central London museum 地区 was teeming with 歩行者s. Photographs showed a dented silver car and a man 存在 pinned to the ground outside the museum. A police 法廷のs officer in blue coveralls took pictures of the 衝突,墜落 場所/位置.

London 市長 Sadiq 旅宿泊所 tweeted that he was in の近くに 接触する with Assistant 主要都市の Police Commissioner 示す Rowley, who plays a lead 役割 in the police's 反対する-テロ行為 操作/手術.

The Natural History Museum の近くにd after the 衝突,墜落 but its neighbor, the famed Victoria and Al bert Museum, remained open.

British 総理大臣 Theresa May thanked the first responders and the public for their help and said her thoughts were with the 負傷させるd.

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Associated 圧力(をかける) writer Paisley Dodds 与える/捧げるd.

Ambulance personel push a woman on a stretcher at the scene of an incident in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

救急車 personel 押し進める a woman on a 担架 at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's police and emergency services at the scene of an incident in central L
ondon, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's police and 緊急 services at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's police cars at the scene of an incident in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's police cars at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A forensic officer and two police women stand at the scene of an incident in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A 法廷の officer and two police women stand at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's Police and a forensic inve
stigator at the scene of an incident in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Britain's Police and a 法廷の 捜査官/調査官 at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Alastair 認める)

Ambulance personnel push a woman on a stretcher at the scene of an incident in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

救急車 職員/兵員 押し進める a woman on a 担架 at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's policemen stand at the scene of an incident in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's policemen stand at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Armed police at the scene on Cromwell Gardens in London, near where people were injured after a car reportedly ploughed into people outside London's Natural History Museum, Saturday Oct. 7, 2017. Police say a number of people have been injured and one person has been detained at the scene. The crash happened at 2:20 p.m. on a day when the central London museum is usually teeming with pedestrians including international tourists .(Henry Vaughan/PA via AP)

武装した police at the scene on Cromwell Gardens in London, 近づく where people were 負傷させるd after a car 報道によれば ploughed into people outside London's Natural History Museum, Saturday Oct. 7, 2017. Police say a number of people have been 負傷させるd and one person has been 拘留するd at the scene. The 衝突,墜落 happened at 2:20 p.m. on a day when the central London museum is usually teeming with 歩行者s 含むing international tourists .(Henry Vaughan/PA 経由で AP)

Britain's policemen at the scen
e of an incident in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say emergency services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck pedestrians. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's policemen at the scene of an 出来事/事件 in central London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. London police say 緊急 services are outside the Natural History Museum in London after a car struck 歩行者s. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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