A bus in Camberwell crashed into a traffic light Saturday evening, leading to a cyclist and one other person being rushed to hospital.
The accident occurred at 4:46 p.m. on February 26 at the junction of Denmark Hill and Love Walk, SE5, near Maudsley Hospital.
The Metropolitan police said that a bus and a cyclist first collided before the bus veered off the road into a traffic light. It is thought the bus was trying to avoid the cyclist.
Their statement read: “Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 16:46hrs on Saturday, 26 February to reports of a collision involving a bus and a cyclist on Denmark Hill, SE5.
“The bus subsequently collided with a traffic light. Emergency services attended.”
The cyclist’s injuries were not life-threatening, although they were taken to the hospital along with another person.
In a statement, London Ambulance Service said: “We sent two ambulance crews, an incident response officer, a medic in a fast response car, and members of our hazardous area response team.
“We treated two people and took them to hospital. A further three people were assessed at the scene, but they weren’t taken to hospital.”
An eye-witness who arrived at the scene only minutes after the crash said she saw “about five ambulances” and “a couple of people were injured,” although there was no blood.
She described how other members of the public were comforting the injured.
“This was a very concerning incident, which must have been awful for those involved,” said Tom Cunnington, TfL’s head of bus business development. He said the organisation has been “in touch” with the operator and will be assisting their investigation into what happened.
The front of the bus was badly damaged by the crash, which blocked two lanes of traffic and was surrounded by a police cordon.
The Met partially closed the road to traffic as they dealt with the scene and recovered the bus. The 185 bus was also diverted. This caused disruption for several hours Saturday evening.
However, the road was opened again later in the evening and the flow of traffic resumed.
At 7:15 p.m. an engineer attended the scene and repaired the broken traffic light.
In 2011, five people were seriously hurt after a double-decker bus crashed into a row of shops in Camberwell.
Up to 30 people were evacuated after the crash, which damaged two floors and ruptured a gas main.